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{{Short description|Equatoguinean footballer (born 1985)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Balboa|Osa|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Javier Balboa
| image =
| caption = 
| fullname = Javier Ángel Balboa Osa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|5|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Madrid]], Spain
| height = 1.82 m
| position = [[Midfielder#Winger|Winger]]
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1992–1996 | youthclubs1 = CD Avance
| youthyears2 = 1996–1999 | youthclubs2 = [[RSD Alcalá|Alcalá]]
| youthyears3 = 1999–2004 | youthclubs3 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| years1 = 2004–2005 | clubs1 = [[Real Madrid C]] | caps1 = 34 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2005–2006 | clubs2 = [[Real Madrid Castilla|Real Madrid B]] | caps2 = 32 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2006–2008 | clubs3 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2006–2007 | clubs4 = → [[Racing de Santander|Racing Santander]] (loan) | caps4 = 30 | goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2008–2011 | clubs5 = [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2010 | clubs6 = → [[FC Cartagena|Cartagena]] (loan) | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2011 | clubs7 = → [[Albacete Balompié|Albacete]] (loan) | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2011–2013 | clubs8 = [[S.C. Beira-Mar|Beira-Mar]] | caps8 = 46 | goals8 = 8
| years9 = 2013–2015 | clubs9 = [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]] | caps9 = 41 | goals9 = 5
| years10 = 2015–2016 | clubs10 = [[Al-Faisaly FC|Al-Faisaly]] | caps10 = 24 | goals10 = 8
| years11 = 2016–2017 | clubs11 = [[Chabab Rif Al Hoceima|Chabab Rif]] | caps11 = 7 | goals11 = 2
| years12 = 2017 | clubs12 = [[Trikala F.C.|Trikala]] | caps12 = 15 | goals12 = 2
| totalcaps = 264 | totalgoals = 28
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2017 | nationalteam1 = [[Equatorial Guinea national football team|Equatorial Guinea]] | nationalcaps1 = 29 | nationalgoals1 = 5
}}
'''Javier Ángel Balboa Osa''' (born 13 May 1985) is a former professional [[footballer]] who played as a [[Midfielder#Winger|winger]], most notably for [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] and [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]].

After emerging at [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'s youth system, he could never establish himself in its first team. In 2008 he signed with [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]], being loaned several times over his contract and leaving three years later.

Born and raised in Spain to Equatorial Guinean parents, Balboa [[capped]] for the [[Equatorial Guinea national football team|Equatorial Guinea national team]] at the [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations|2012]] and [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations]].

==Club career==
===Real Madrid===
Born in [[Madrid]], Balboa arrived at [[Real Madrid Castilla]] in the summer of 2005. He eventually settled down, although he missed a part of [[2005–06 Segunda División|their season]] due to [[Real Madrid CF|first team]] duty;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-05-12-2005/abc/Deportes/mucha-presion-de-los-delanteros-dos-medios-centro-y-rotaciones_712786165370.html|title=Mucha presión de los delanteros, dos medios centro y rotaciones|trans-title=A lot of pressure from the forwards, two central midfielders and rotations|newspaper=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]|first=J. M.|last=Cuéllar|language=es|date=5 December 2005|access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2005/12/20/mas_futbol/1135033219_850215.html|title=Balboa completa la convocatoria de López Caro para el {{sic|nolink=y|Rácing}}|trans-title=Balboa completes López Caro's squad for Racing|newspaper=[[Diario AS]]|language=es|date=20 December 2005|access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref> he still finished his first year with 32 games and one goal, in [[Segunda División]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elnortedecastilla.es/pg060522/prensa/noticias/Deportes/200605/22/VAL-DEP-173.html|title=Triplete de Soldado|trans-title=Soldado triple|newspaper=[[El Norte de Castilla]]|language=es|date=22 May 2006|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref>

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 was not going to be part of the former's plans by manager [[Fabio Capello]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/racing/es/desarrollo/681308.html|title=Pernía presenta a Balboa y Calatayud y anuncia "cava" para la delantera|trans-title=Pernía presents Balboa and Calatayud and announces "cava" for offense|newspaper=[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]]|language=es|date=21 August 2006|access-date=7 March 2014}}</ref> He was an integral part of the [[Cantabria]]n side for [[2006–07 La Liga|the season]]'s duration, scoring in a 2–1 win at [[RCD Mallorca]] in the 88th minute, on 16 December 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2006/12/16/futbol/1166304380.html|title=El Racing vuelve a sonreír en Mallorca|trans-title=Racing smile again in Mallorca|newspaper=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|first=Patricio|last=Lagomarsino|language=es|date=16 December 2006|access-date=7 March 2014}}</ref>

Balboa was praised by Capello's replacement, [[Bernd Schuster]], upon his return from loan, and his contract was extended until 2011. During the 2007 pre-season he was played as a right and left winger, and did well in several games, scoring against [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2007/08/04/deportes/1186178402_850215.html|title=El Madrid golea al Lokomotiv con un Guti estelar|trans-title=Madrid rout Lokomotiv with stellar Guti|newspaper=[[El País]]|first=Eleonora|last=Giovio|language=es|date=4 August 2007|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2007/08/07/mas_futbol/1186468031_850215.html|title=Aprobado con reparos|trans-title=Passed with notes|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Tomás|last=Roncero|language=es|date=7 August 2007|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref>

Balboa came on in the second half of the [[2007–08 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]] home match against [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] on 24 October 2007 and, during injury time, scored his first goal in the competition and for Real after being set up by [[Robinho]], in a 4–2 [[2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage|group stage home win]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01c6-0e6ea9ddf73c-205b5e43d599-1000--robinho-double-sends-madrid-top/|title=Robinho double sends Madrid top|publisher=UEFA|date=24 October 2007|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> On 19 December, he scored his first goal in the [[2007–08 Copa del Rey|Copa del Rey]], in a 1–1 draw against [[Alicante CF|Alicante]] in the fourth round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01c8-0f84be0f723f-c8049f0461fd-1000--madrid-and-valencia-avert-cup-shocks/|title=Madrid and Valencia avert cup shocks|publisher=UEFA|date=19 December 2007|access-date=6 June 2010}}</ref> The previous month, he had come to blows with teammate [[Pepe (footballer born 1983)|Pepe]] during a training session;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/real_madrid/es/desarrollo/1056064.html|title=Balboa y Pepe se pelean durante el entrenamiento|trans-title=Balboa and Pepe fight during training|newspaper=[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]]|language=es|date=9 November 2008|access-date=11 September 2008}}</ref> he was not called up for Real Madrid's next match, while the Portuguese was.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2007/11/11/mas_futbol/1194766038_850215.html|title=Schuster castiga a Balboa por su pelea con Pepe|trans-title=Schuster punishes Balboa for his fight with Pepe|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Carlos|last=Forjanes|language=es|date=11 November 2007|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref>

===Benfica===
On 25 June 2008, Balboa signed a four-year deal with [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] for €4 million, as the Portuguese club was managed by [[Quique Sánchez Flores]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news/01ce-0e6f6e4afb92-15d104c4b9f5-1000--lisbon-giants-move-to-strengthen/|title=Lisbon giants move to strengthen|publisher=UEFA|date=25 June 2008|access-date=6 June 2010}}</ref> He made 17 competitive appearances in [[2008–09 Primeira Liga|his first season]], being ousted from the squad in [[2009–10 Primeira Liga|the second]] following a wages dispute.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/balboa-sob-alcada-disciplinar.html|title=Balboa sob alçada disciplinar|trans-title=Balboa under disciplinary proceedings|newspaper=[[Record (Portuguese newspaper)|Record]]|language=pt|date=3 September 2009|access-date=28 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/balboa-muitos-fizeram-me-a-vida-impossivel-678327.html|title=Balboa: "Muitos fizeram-me a vida impossível"|trans-title=Balboa: "Many made my life impossible"|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=7 January 2011|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref>

On 28 January 2010, Balboa was loaned to [[FC Cartagena]] in the second level until the end of [[2009–10 Segunda División|the campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/deportes/2010/01/28/cartagena-logra-cesion-ex-madridista-balboa-llega-benfica/226487.html|title=El Cartagena logra la cesión del ex madridista Balboa, que llega del Benfica|trans-title=Cartagena get loan of former Madrid man Balboa, who arrives from Benfica|newspaper=La Opinión de Murcia|language=es|date=28 January 2010|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref> Returning to Benfica, he found himself limited to training with the first team, and subsequently joined [[Albacete Balompié]] on a five-month loan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/es/news/21/fichajes/2011/01/24/2321626/mercado-es-oficial-balboa-es-cedido-al-albacete-por-el|title=Mercado: Es oficial, Balboa es cedido al Albacete por el Benfica|trans-title=Market: It's official, Balboa is loaned to Albacete by Benfica|publisher=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|language=es|date=24 January 2011|access-date=7 March 2014}}</ref>

===Beira-Mar===
On 13 August 2011, Balboa terminated his contract with Benfica.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ojogo.pt/27-225/artigo940881.asp|title=Balboa rescindiu contrato|trans-title=Balboa terminated contract|newspaper=[[O Jogo]]|language=pt|date=13 August 2011|access-date=22 November 2017|archive-date=13 August 2011|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20110813192428/http://www.ojogo.pt/27-225/artigo940881.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Two days later he signed with [[S.C. Beira-Mar]] also in Portugal's [[Primeira Liga]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica-javier-balboa-rescinde-e-ja-e-do-beira-mar|title=Benfica: Javier Balboa rescinde e já é do Beira-Mar|trans-title=Benfica: Javier Balboa cuts ties and already belongs to Beira-Mar|publisher=Mais Futebol|first=Pedro Jorge|last=Cunha|language=pt|date=15 August 2011|access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref> leaving on 21 June 2013 after the [[Aveiro, Portugal|Aveiro]] team's [[2012–13 Primeira Liga|relegation]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=410226|title=Balboa rescindiu|trans-title=Balboa cut ties|newspaper=[[A Bola]]|language=pt|date=21 June 2013|access-date=22 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624110016/http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=410226|archive-date=24 June 2013}}</ref>

===Later years===
On 16 September 2015, after two seasons with [[G.D. Estoril Praia]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/futebol-nacional/interior/balboa-assinou-pelo-estoril-por-duas-epocas-3285477.html|title=Balboa assinou pelo Estoril por duas épocas|trans-title=Balboa signed for Estoril for two seasons|newspaper=[[Diário de Notícias]]|first=João|last=Ruela|language=pt|date=22 June 2013|access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref> Balboa moved to [[Saudi Arabia]] after agreeing to a one-year deal with [[Al-Faisaly FC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/transferencias/internacional/oficial-javier-balboa-assina-pelo-al-faisaly|title=Oficial: Javier Balboa assina pelo Al Faisaly|trans-title=Official: Javier Balboa signs for Al Faisaly|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=16 September 2015|access-date=17 September 2015}}</ref> On 25 January 2017 he moved clubs and countries again, joining [[Trikala F.C.]] in the [[Football League (Greece)|Football League Greece]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.gr/football/article/1038203/vomva-me-mpalmpoa-ta-trikala-vids|title="Βόμβα" με Μπαλμπόα τα Τρίκαλα!|trans-title=«Bomb» with Balboa to Trikala!|publisher=Gazzetta|first=Achilleas|last=Tsimpogiannis|language=el|date=25 January 2017|access-date=28 January 2017}}</ref>

==International career==
Balboa made his debut with [[Equatorial Guinea national football team|Equatorial Guinea]] on 2 June 2007, in a 0–2 loss to [[Rwanda national football team|Rwanda]] for the [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations]] [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|qualifying stage]]. Also, he appeared in B games against the [[Region of Murcia autonomous football team|Region of Murcia]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/otras/es/desarrollo/1072460.html|title=Murcia gana por la mínima a Guinea Ecuatorial|trans-title=Murcia get minimal advantage over Equatorial Guinea|newspaper=Marca|language=es|date=26 December 2007|access-date=4 June 2011}}</ref> and [[Extremadura autonomous football team|Extremadura]] in 2007,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/otras/es/desarrollo/1073194.html|title=La selección extremeña inicia su andadura con una victoria|trans-title=Extremaduran autonomous team get going with win|newspaper=Marca|language=es|date=28 December 2007|access-date=4 June 2011}}</ref> against [[Brittany national football team|Brittany]] on 2 June 2011 and against French side [[FC Issy-les-Moulineaux|Issy-les-Moulineaux]].

On 21 January 2012, Balboa scored the inaugural goal in the [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations]], the game's only as the co-hosts defeated [[Libya national football team|Libya]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/jan/21/equatorial-guinea-libya-africa-cup-nations|title=Javier Balboa fires Equatorial Guinea to opening win against Libya|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=21 January 2012|access-date=30 January 2012}}</ref> In the [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations|2015 edition of the tournament]], also hosted by his country, he won a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty]] after being fouled by [[Gabon national football team|Gabon]]'s [[Lloyd Palun]], and converted it to open a 2–0 win which put Equatorial Guinea into the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30868923|title=Gabon 0–2 Equatorial Guinea|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|first=Ian|last=Hughes|date=25 January 2015|access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref> In the last-eight encounter, against [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]], he converted a late penalty to tie the game at 1–1 and eventually take it to [[Overtime (sports)|extra time]], where he scored a [[Direct free kick|free kick]] to take his country to its first ever semi-final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30963457|title=Tunisia 1–2 Equatorial Guinea|first=Emlyn|last=Begley|publisher=BBC Sport|date=31 January 2015|access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref>

Balboa missed the first penalty in [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|the shootout]] of the third-place playoff lost to the [[DR Congo national football team|DR Congo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31071168|title=Congo DR 0–0 Equatorial Guinea|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 February 2015|access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> but with three goals was the tournament's joint top scorer alongside four other players.

==Personal life==
Balboa came from a notable Equatorial Guinean family. His paternal great-grandfather, Abilio Balboa Arkins, of Cuban and [[Sierra Leone Creole people|Sierra Leone Creole]] descent,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5149868.pdf|title=PRESENCIA DE LA SOCIEDAD ABAKUÁ EN FERNANDO POO A FINALES DEL SIGLO XIX|page=7|quote=Today, although there is no memory of their origins, many Cuban surnames are preserved among Creole families: Moreno, Castillo, Riquito, Mata, Rivas, Balboa, Valcárcel, etc.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://revistas.uned.es/index.php/endoxa/article/download/16613/14255/30146|title=EL LEGADO CULTURAL DE SIERRA LEONA EN BIOKO. COMPARATIVA DE DOS ESPACIOS DE CRIOLIZACIÓN AFRICANA|page=19|quote=It is in this decade close to the middle of the century when Sierra Leonean families arrived in a second migration to Fernando Poo and still remain in Bioko, such as the King, Jones, Dougan, Atkins and Collins families (Ndongo, 1977, 29).}}</ref> was mayor of [[Malabo|Santa Isabel]] (renamed Malabo) during the 1960s. Balboa Arkins' sons were also footballers: Norberto (Javier's paternal grandfather), Armando – both were killed after participating in a failed [[coup d'état]] against [[Francisco Macías Nguema]] – and Abilio Jr.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bioko.net/galeriaFA/displayimage.php?album=15&pos=75|title=Crónicas de la Guinea Ecuatorial|trans-title=Equatorial Guinea chronicles|publisher=Bioko|language=es|access-date=14 May 2011}}</ref> the most prominent of the three who played with his national team. Turn, a daughter of Armando, formed a family in Spain with the son of [[Domènec Balmanya]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/balboa-senda-jones/20060102dasdaiftb_24/Tes?print=1|title=Balboa, en la senda de Jones|trans-title=Balboa, in the track of Jones|newspaper=Diario AS|language=es|date=2 January 2006|access-date=14 May 2011}}</ref> and they had a son, Israel Balmanya, who was a professional [[basketball]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://competiciones.feb.es/estadisticas/Jugador.aspx?i=95222&c=75694&med=1|title=Balmanya Balboa, Israel|publisher=[[Spanish Basketball Federation]]|language=es|access-date=14 May 2011}}</ref>

Balboa had another cousin [[Richard Nguema]], a basketball player who played with, amongst others, [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]] and the [[Equatorial Guinea national basketball team|Equatorial Guinea national team]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.as.com/baloncesto/articulo/primo-balboa-canterano-antiguo/20061221dasdaibal_4/Tes|title=El primo de Balboa es el canterano más antiguo|trans-title=Balboa's cousin is oldest youth system member|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Ricardo|last=González|language=es|date=21 December 2006|access-date=16 June 2011}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{updated|12 May 2016}}<ref>{{soccerway|javier-balboa/3269}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Real Madrid Castilla|Real Madrid B]] 
|[[2006–07 Segunda División|2005–06]]<ref name="BD">{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j1224.html|title=Balboa: Javier Ángel Balboa Osa|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=28 September 2015}}</ref>
|[[Segunda División]]
|32||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||1
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|[[2005–06 La Liga|2005–06]]<ref name="BD"/>
|[[La Liga]]
|2||0||1||0||1{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Champions League]]|name=UCL}}||0||4||0
|-
|[[2007–08 La Liga|2007–08]]<ref name="BD"/>
|La Liga
|5||0||4{{efn|Includes one appearance in [[Supercopa de España]]|name=SSC}}||1||2{{efn|name=UCL}}||1||11||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!7!!0!!5!!1!!3!!1!!15!!2
|-
|[[Racing de Santander|Racing Santander]] (loan)
|[[2006–07 La Liga|2006–07]]<ref name="BD"/>
|La Liga
|30||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||32||1
|-
|[[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] 
|[[2008–09 Primeira Liga|2008–09]]<ref name="FJ">{{cite web|url=https://www.foradejogo.net/player.php?player=198505130001&language=2|title=Balboa|publisher=ForaDeJogo|access-date=28 September 2015}}</ref>
|[[Primeira Liga]]
|10||0||4||0||3{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]|name=UC}}||0||17||0
|-
|[[FC Cartagena|Cartagena]] (loan)
|[[2009–10 Segunda División|2009–10]]<ref name="BD"/>
|Segunda División
|11||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||11||0
|-
|[[Albacete Balompié|Albacete]] (loan)
|[[2010–11 Segunda División|2010–11]]<ref name="BD"/>
|Segunda División
|7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[S.C. Beira-Mar|Beira-Mar]]
|[[2011–12 Primeira Liga|2011–12]]<ref name="BD"/>
|Primeira Liga
|25||3||2||0||colspan="2"|—||27||3
|-
|[[2012–13 Primeira Liga|2012–13]]<ref name="BD"/>
|Primeira Liga
|21||5||5||1||colspan="2"|—||26||6
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!46!!8!!7!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!53!!9
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]]
|[[2013–14 Primeira Liga|2013–14]]<ref name="BD"/>
|Primeira Liga
|28||4||6||1||7{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Europa League]]|name=UEL}}||0||41||5
|-
|[[2014–15 Primeira Liga|2014–15]]<ref name="BD"/>
|Primeira Liga
|13||1||1||0||1{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||15||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!41!!5!!7!!1!!8!!0!!56!!6
|-
|[[Al-Faisaly (Harmah)|Al-Faisaly]]
|[[2015–16 Saudi Professional League|2015–16]]<ref name="BD"/>
|[[Saudi Professional League]]
|24||8||0||0||colspan="2"|—||24||8
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!203!!23!!25!!3!!14!!1!!247!!27
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{{updated|31 January 2015}}

:''Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Balboa goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Javier Balboa<ref>{{cite news|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/javier-angel-balboa-osa/3269/matches/|title=Javier Balboa – Matches|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 21 January 2012 || [[Estadio de Bata]], [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]], Equatorial Guinea || {{fb|LBY}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 25 January 2015 || Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea || {{fb|GAB}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|3 || rowspan="2"|31 January 2015 || rowspan="2"|Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea || rowspan="2"|{{fb|TUN}} || align="center"|1–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|2015 Africa Cup of Nations
|-
| align="center"|4 || align="center"|2–1
|}

==Honours==
'''Real Madrid'''
*[[La Liga]]: [[2007–08 La Liga|2007–08]]
*[[Supercopa de España]] runner-up: [[2007 Supercopa de España|2007]]

'''Benfica'''
*[[Taça da Liga]]: [[2008–09 Taça da Liga|2008–09]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Africa Cup of Nations]] top scorer: [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations|2015]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BDFutbol|1224}}
* {{ForaDeJogo}}
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* {{FBref}}

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|title = Equatorial Guinea squads
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{{Equatorial Guinea Squad 2012 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Equatorial Guinea squad 2015 Africa Cup of Nations}}
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{{Africa Cup of Nations top scorers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balboa, Javier}}
[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Spanish sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent]]
[[Category:Footballers from Madrid]]
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[[Category:G.D. Estoril Praia players]]
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[[Category:Spanish people of Cuban descent]]
[[Category:People of Liberated African descent]]
[[Category:Equatoguinean people of Cuban descent]]
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[[Category:Spanish people of Sierra Leonean descent]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople of Sierra Leonean descent]]
[[Category:People of Sierra Leone Creole descent]]
[[Category:20th-century Spanish people]]
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[[Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen]]