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Lobilo Boba
Congolese football defender
Florian Lobilo Boba (born 10 April 1950) is a Congolese football defender who played for Zaire in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[2]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Florian Lobilo Boba | ||
| Date of birth | (1950-04-10) 10 April 1950 (age 74) | ||
| Place of birth | Brazzaville, Congo | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| AS Vita Club | |||
| International career | |||
| 1973–1980 | Zaire[1] | 21 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Lobilo played for AS Vita Club, where he would win the 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs.[3]
He was in the Zaire squad that won the 1974 African Cup of Nations finals.[3]
He made several appearances for Zaire in 1974 World Cup qualifying and appeared in one 1982 World Cup qualifying match; a 5–2 win over Mozambique on 13 July 1980.
In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[4]
- 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany Archived 23 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Ligodi, Patient (31 January 2006). "Lobilo : un héros à qui le pays a volé sa jeunesse!" (in French). La Conscience. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006.