Federico Obama
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Federico Ondo Obama Ondo[1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Acero | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2019 | Atlético Madrid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Acero | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Equatorial Guinea U23 | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2017 |
Template:Spanish name Federico Ondo Obama Ondo (born 4 February 2000), also known as Fede, is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays as a fullback for Tercera División club CD Acero. He has been a member of the Equatorial Guinea national team.[2] He also holds Spanish citizenship.
Professional career
Fede moved to Spain at a young age from Equatorial Guinea, and raised in Móstoles.[3] Fede joined the youth academy of Atlético Madrid in 2008.[4] In 2012, he played for the under–12 team of the Community of Madrid.[5]
International career
Fede, at the age of 17, was called up to the senior Equatorial Guinea national football team on August 2017.[6] He made his debut on 3 September 2017, starting in a 2-1 friendly loss to Benin. The match was eliminated from FIFA records,[7] as the referee and his assistants referees were from Equatorial Guinea.[8][9] As it was a friendly which besides was not recognized by FIFA, Fede remains eligible to Spain (as a naturalized citizen).
Personal life
Fede's twin brother, Salomón Obama, is also a pro footballer for Celta de Vigo and a full international for Equatorial guinea.[10]
References
- ^ "Comité de Apelación | División de Honor Juvenil" (PDF) (in Spanish). rfef.es. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Picos, Sergio (28 August 2017). "Fede Obama, convocado por la absoluta de Guinea Ecuatorial" [Fede Obama, calleb-up by the Equatorial Guinea senior team] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Atlético. Fede Obama, convocado con la absoluta de Guinea Ecuatorial con 17 años".
- ^ "Salomón Obama, debuta con el filial; ya solo queda un peldaño - Latido a Latido". 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Campeonato de España alevín sub-12 en Tomares" (in Spanish).
- ^ AS, Diario (28 August 2017). "Fede Obama, convocado por la absoluta de Guinea Ecuatorial".
- ^ "Live Scores - Equatorial Guinea - Matches". FIFA.com.
- ^ "Mismo error, la misma posición y el mismo árbitro" [Same mistake, the same position and the same referee] (in Spanish). P.Sports. 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Joaquín ELA, el árbitro de los partidos eliminados por la FIFA" [Joaquín Elá, the referee of the matches eliminated by FIFA] (in Spanish). P.Sports. 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlético de Madrid: Los casos del Atlético: los Obama, los hijos de Assunçao, un ex del Real Madrid... - Marca.com".
External links
- Atlético Madrid profile (in Spanish)
- Federico Obama at National-Football-Teams.com
- Federico Obama – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Association football fullbacks
- Equatoguinean footballers
- Twin sportspeople
- Twin people from Equatorial Guinea
- People from Malabo
- Fang people
- Equatorial Guinea international footballers
- Equatoguinean emigrants to Spain
- Naturalised citizens of Spain
- Spanish footballers
- Madrilenian footballers
- Spanish people of Equatoguinean descent
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Tercera División players
- Twin people from Spain
- Equatoguinean football biography stubs