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Esteban Obiang

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1998 (26 years old)

Birth Place
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Centre-Back

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Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
43

Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

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Arges Pitesti

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Esteban Orozco Fernández (born Esteban Obiang Obono, 7 May 1998), also known as Esteban Obiang or simply Esteban, is a professional footballer who plays for Romanian Liga II club FC Argeș Pitești. He can operate as a centre-back or right-back. Born in Spain, he plays for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Originally registered in the Spanish football competitions with his Equatorial Guinean biological parents' surnames (Obiang Obono), Orozco later replaced them with the ones from his Spanish adoptive parents (Orozco Fernández).

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.

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

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

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. On 16 January 2022, he help his national team to defeat Algeria during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations by scoring the lone goal of the match.
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