Lobilo Boba

Lobilo Boba
Personal information
Full name Florian Lobilo Boba
Date of birth (1950-04-10) 10 April 1950
Place of birth Brazzaville, Congo
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
AS Vita Club
International career
1973–1980 Zaire[1] 21 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Zaire
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner1974 Egypt
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florian Lobilo Boba (born 10 April 1950) is a Congolese football defender who played for Zaire in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Career

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]

Honours

Zaire

References

  1. ↑ Appearances for Congo-Kinshasa National Team
  2. ↑ 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany Archived 23 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006.
  5. ↑ "African Cup of Nations 1974-Zaire Squad". Retrieved 31 March 2026.