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Javier Balboa
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Equatorial Guinean association football player
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Javier Ángel Balboa Osa is an association football player born in Madrid in 1985. He holds citizenship in both Equatorial Guinea and Spain. His native language is Spanish. He plays as a wing half or right winger and wears the number 7 shirt. He is also known by the pseudonym Rocky Balboa.
Balboa has played for several clubs, including Real Madrid CF, S.C. Beira-Mar, Albacete Balompié, and FC Barcelona. His professional career began in 2004. He has represented Equatorial Guinea in international competition, participating in the 2012 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. He is the relative of Álex Balboa.
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Key facts
- 2010
- → Cartagena (loan)
- 2011
- → Albacete (loan)
- 2017
- Trikala
- Full name
- Javier Ángel Balboa Osa
- Date of birth
- ( 1985-05-13 ) 13 May 1985 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Madrid , Spain
- Height
- 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Winger
- 1992 1996
- CD Avance
- 1996 1999
- Alcalá
- 1999 2004
- Real Madrid
- Years
- Team
- 2004 2005
- Real Madrid C
- 2005 2006
- Real Madrid B
- 2006 2008
- Real Madrid
- 2006 2007
- → Racing Santander (loan)
- 2008 2011
- Benfica
- 2011 2013
- Beira-Mar
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Right Winger
- Nationality
- Equatorial Guinea
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Madrid
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- wing half
- Country for sport
- Equatorial Guinea
- Mass
- 74
- Height
- 182
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- date of birth
- 1985-05-13
- sport number
- 7
- pseudonym
- Rocky Balboa
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- social media followers
- 207464
- relative
- Álex Balboa
- birth name
- Javier Ángel Balboa Osa
- name in native language
- Javier Ángel Balboa Osa
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Javier Ángel Balboa Osa (born 13 May 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger, most notably for Real Madrid and Benfica.
After emerging at Real Madrid's youth system, he could never establish himself in its first team. In 2008 he signed with Benfica, being loaned several times over his contract and leaving three years later.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Javier Balboa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.