Esteban Obiang

Esteban Orozco Fernández[1] (born Esteban Obiang Obono[2] on 7 May 1998), commonly known as Esteban Obiang or simply Esteban, is a Spanish-born Equatorial Guinean footballer who plays as a right back for Tercera División club CF Sant Rafel, on loan from Segunda División B side UD Ibiza,[3] and as a centre back for the Equatorial Guinea national team.[4]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Orozco and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
Esteban
Personal information
Full name Esteban Orozco Fernández
Birth name Esteban Obiang Obono
Date of birth (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Position(s) Centre back, right back
Club information
Current team
 Sant Rafel (on loan from Ibiza)
Youth career
2011–2016 Utrera
2016–2017 Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Utrera 7 (0)
2017–2018 Betis B 3 (0)
2018 → Utrera (loan) 14 (0)
2018–2019 Utrera 15 (1)
2019– Ibiza 0 (0)
2019– → Sant Rafel (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2017– Equatorial Guinea 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 9, 2017

He is registered in the Spanish football competitions with the surnames Orozco Fernández, from his Spanish adoptive parents, instead of his original ones, Obiang Obono.

Early life

Esteban was born in Zaragoza. His biological mother died from complications during his birth. Then, his grandmother and his aunt took care of him. When he was only 22 months old, he was adopted by a Spanish family from Utrera, where he would spend most of his life. He considers himself as a person from Utrera.[5]

Club career

Esteban made his senior debut with CD Utrera on 7 February 2016, in a 1–1 away tie against CD Alcalá.[6][7] He finished that season having played a total of 7 Tercera División matches.[8] Then, he moved to the youth team of Real Betis Balompié.[9]

He was renewed by Betis and promoted to its reserve team.[2] He made his Segunda División B debut on 25 November 2017, in a 1–4 away win against FC Cartagena.[10] On 25 January 2018, he returned to Utrera, loaned by Betis.[11]

International career

Esteban made his international debut for Equatorial Guinea on 9 October 2017, in a 3–1 victory over Mauritius in a friendly match. He came on as a second half substitute for Diosdado Mbele.[12]

Career statistics

International
As of 9 October 2017.[13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Equatorial Guinea 201710
Total10

References
  1. "Player Details". CAF. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. "El canterano del C. D. Utrera Esteban Obiang renueva con el Real Betis y realizará la pretemporada con el equipo de Segunda B". Utrera Web (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. "Esteban Orozco, otro cedido de la UD Ibiza al Sant Rafel" (in Spanish). Diario de Ibiza. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  4. "El jugador de fútbol afincado en Utrera, Esteban Obiang, convocado por la selección absoluta de Guinea Ecuatorial". Utrera Web (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  5. "La historia de Esteban Orozco, un futbolista utrerano con origen en Guinea Ecuatorial" (in Spanish). Utrera Digital. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  6. Ficha Partido; RFAF, 7 February 2016 (in Spanish)
  7. Ruiz, Bernardo (2 April 2016). "La semilla del éxito futuro del Utrera". El Decano Deportivo (in Spanish). El Correo de Andalucía. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  8. Estadística de Jugador; RFAF (in Spanish)
  9. "El CD Utrera continúa con los partidos preparatorios de cara a la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). Utrera al día. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  10. "Una pesadilla para olvidarse del liderato" (in Spanish). La Verdad. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  11. "El canterano utrerano del Real Betis Esteban Orozco regresa en calidad de cedido al C.D. Utrera". Utrera Web (in Spanish). 25 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  12. "Equatorial Guinea vs. Mauritius (3:1)".
  13. Esteban Obiang at National-Football-Teams.com


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