 During his career, spent mainly in Spain's lower leagues but also comprising three La Liga matches, one for Real Valladolid and two with Racing de Santander, he retired as a footballer in 1999, aged only 30.Shortly after, Engonga took up coaching, managing for a brief period Equatorial Guinea, which featured former fellow professionals in Spain Rodolfo Bodipo and Benjamín Zarandona.Subsequently, he served as technical assistant to his brother Vicente when the latter was in charge of the national team.