{{short description|Cameroonian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Frank Boya |image = Frank Boya 2018-02-22 Entrainement excel-50.jpg |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Frank Thierry Boya<ref name = "NFT"/> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|7|1|df=y}} |birth_place = Douala, Cameroon |height = 1.90m<ref name = "NFT"/> |position = Midfielder |currentclub = Tijuana |clubnumber = 34 |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 2015–2017 |clubs1 = APEJES Academy |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 2017 |clubs2 = 1860 Munich |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2017–2020 |clubs3 = Mouscron |caps3 = 54 |goals3 = 5 |years4 = 2020–2023 |clubs4 = Antwerp |caps4 = 13 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2021–2022 |clubs5 = → Zulte Waregem |caps5 = 17 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2022–2023 |clubs6 = → Sint-Truiden (loan) |caps6 = 31 |goals6 = 1 |years7 = 2023–2025 |clubs7 = Amiens |caps7 = 50 |goals7 = 1 |years8 = 2025– |clubs8 = Tijuana |caps8 = 18 |goals8 = 7 |nationalyears1 = 2016– |nationalteam1 = Cameroon |nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |club-update = 20 September 2025 |ntupdate = 11:43, 2 July 2020 (UTC) }}
'''Frank Thierry Boya''' (born 1 July 1996) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mexican Liga MX club Tijuana.
==Club career== Born in Douala,<ref>{{Soccerway|boya-frank/431315}}</ref> Boya began his career with APEJES Academy.<ref name = "NFT">{{NFT player|pid=61744|accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> During the winter break of the 2016–17 season he transferred to German 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsv1860.de/de/Aktuelles_News/2739.htm|title=Mittelfeld-Talent Frank Boya wird Löwe|trans-title=Midfield talent Frank Boya becomes a lion|accessdate=4 February 2017|language=German|publisher=TSV 1860 Munich}}</ref>
In 2017, he joined Belgian club Mouscron.<ref name = "NFT"/> In June 2020 he signed for Antwerp.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kick442.com/frank-boya-joins-antwerp/|title=Frank Boya joins Antwerp|first=Angu|last=Lesley|date=26 June 2020|access-date=2 July 2020|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602221610/https://www.kick442.com/frank-boya-joins-antwerp/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 31 August 2021, Boya was moved on loan to Zulte Waregem.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-31|title=OFFICIEEL: Zulte Waregem huurt Frank Boya van Antwerp|url=https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nieuws/2021-08-31/officieel-zulte-waregem-huurt-frank-boya-van-antwerp|access-date=2021-08-31|website=Voetbalkrant.com|language=nl}}</ref> On 24 June 2022, Boya agreed on a new loan to Sint-Truiden.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sint-Truiden|url=https://www.stvv.com/en/news/first-team/new-bink-in-town-frank-boya|title=NEW BINK IN TOWN: FRANK BOYA|date=24 June 2022|access-date=18 August 2022|archive-date=4 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004011823/https://stvv.com/en/news/first-team/new-bink-in-town-frank-boya|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 1 September 2023, Boya signed a three-year contract with Amiens in France.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Amiens|url=http://www.amiensfootball.com/news/14403|title=PUISSANCE ET EXPÉRIENCE DANS L'ENTREJEU AMIÉNOIS ! |trans-title=POWER AND EXPERIENCE IN THE AMIENOIS MIDFIELD!|date=1 September 2023|access-date=7 September 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
On 5 February 2025, Boya moved to Tijuana in Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Club Tijuana|url=https://www.xolos.com.mx/noticias/xoloitzcuintles/17380/Welcome-to-Tijuana-Frank-Boya|title=Welcome to Tijuana, Frank Boya.|date=5 February 2025|access-date=5 February 2025|language=es}}</ref>
==International career== He made his international debut in 2016,<ref name = "NFT"/> and was named in the squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38499968|title=Africa Cup of Nations: Joel Matip & Allan Nyom not selected by Cameroon|date=4 January 2017|accessdate=16 January 2017|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Club Tijuana squad}} {{Cameroon squad 2017 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boya, Frank}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Cameroonian men's footballers Category:Cameroon men's international footballers Category:APEJES Academy players Category:TSV 1860 Munich players Category:Royal Excel Mouscron players Category:Royal Antwerp FC players Category:SV Zulte Waregem players Category:Sint-Truidense VV players Category:Amiens SC players Category:Club Tijuana footballers Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:Belgian Pro League players Category:Ligue 2 players Category:Liga MX players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:2017 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Category:2016 African Nations Championship players Category:Cameroon men's A' international footballers Category:21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen {{Cameroon-footy-midfielder-stub}}