Salomón Obama
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Salomón Asumu Obama Ondo | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dibba Al-Fujairah | ||
Number | TBA | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2018 | Atlético Madrid | ||
2019 | Celta Vigo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Atlético Madrid B | 16 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Celta B | 1 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Mérida (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2020– | Dibba Al-Fujairah | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Spain U17 | 5 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Equatorial Guinea U-23 | 3 | (1) |
2018– | Equatorial Guinea | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2019 |
Salomón Asumu Obama Ondo (born 4 February 2000) is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Emirati First Division League side Dibba Al-Fujairah Club and the Equatorial Guinea national team.
Professional career
Obama moved to Spain at a young age from Equatorial Guinea, and raised in Torrejón.[1] Salómón joined the youth academy of Atlético Madrid in 2008.[2]
On 31 January 2019, Obama signed for Celta de Vigo, from Atletico Madrid.
International career
Obama, at the age of 18, was called up to the senior Equatorial Guinea national football team in August 2018. He previously played for the Spanish under-17 team as he also holds Spanish citizenship.
He made his national team debut as a substitute against Sudan in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
International goals
- Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 November 2020 | Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Libya | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Personal life
Obama's twin brother, Federico Obama, is also a footballer for Atlético Madrid (at youth level) and a senior international for Equatorial Guinea.[3]
References
- ^ "Atlético. Fede Obama, convocado con la absoluta de Guinea Ecuatorial con 17 años". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Madrid. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ Molina, Francisco J. (3 September 2017). "Salomón Obama, debuta con el filial; ya solo queda un peldaño - Latido a Latido". Latido a Latido (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ Lara, Lorenzo (9 June 2017). "Atlético de Madrid: Los casos del Atlético: los Obama, los hijos de Assunçao, un ex del Real Madrid..." Marca.com (in Spanish). Madrid: Unidad Editorial Información Deportiva, S.L.U. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
External links
- Atlético Madrid profile (in Spanish)
- Salomón Obama at BDFutbol
- Salomón Obama at National-Football-Teams.com
- Salomón Obama – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- People from Malabo
- Equatoguinean footballers
- Association football forwards
- Dibba Al-Fujairah Club players
- Equatorial Guinea international footballers
- Fang people
- Twin sportspeople
- Twin people from Equatorial Guinea
- Equatoguinean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Equatoguinean emigrants to Spain
- Naturalised citizens of Spain
- Spanish footballers
- Madrilenian footballers
- Atlético Madrid B players
- Mérida AD players
- Segunda División B players
- UAE First Division League players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spanish people of Equatoguinean descent
- Twin people from Spain
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Equatoguinean football biography stubs
- Spanish football forward stubs