Javier Balboa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Ángel Balboa Osa | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Trikala | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1996 | CD Avance | ||
| 1996–1999 | Alcalá | ||
| 1999–2004 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Real Madrid C | 34 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Real Madrid B | 32 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Real Madrid | 7 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2008–2011 | Benfica | 10 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Cartagena (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Albacete (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Beira-Mar | 46 | (8) |
| 2013–2015 | Estoril | 41 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Al-Faisaly | 24 | (8) |
| 2016–2017 | Chabab Rif | 4 | (2) |
| 2017– | Trikala | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007– | Equatorial Guinea | 28 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2016 |
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Javier Ángel Balboa Osa (born 13 May 1985) is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays for Greek Football League club Trikala as a right winger.
After emerging at Real Madrid's youth system, he could never impose in its first team. In 2008 he signed with Benfica, being loaned several times for the duration of his contract and leaving three years after.
Balboa represented Equatorial Guinea at the 2012 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
Born in Madrid, Balboa arrived at Real Madrid Castilla in the summer of 2005, after Juanfran left the B-side for RCD Espanyol, on loan. He eventually settled down, even though he missed a part of Castilla's season due to an injury and first team duty; he still finished his first season with 32 games with one goal, in the second division.
After having toured with the Real Madrid first team in its Austrian tour during the 2006–07 pre-season, Balboa signed a one-year loan deal with Racing de Santander in La Liga in order to gain first team experience, after being told he wasn't going to be part of the side's plans by manager Fabio Capello. He was an integral part of the Cantabrian side for the season's duration, scoring in a 2–1 win at RCD Mallorca in the 88th minute, on 16 December 2006.
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