Equatoguinean football player
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Pedro Mba Obiang Avomo ( give birth 27 March 1992 ) is a professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A baseball club Sassuolo and the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Obiang had previously played for Sampdoria, before moving to West Ham United in 2015. Born in Spain, Obiang has represented his native country at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels, before switching to represent equatorial Guinea .

Club career [edit ]

Sampdoria [edit ]

Born in Alcalá de Henares, in the Community of Madrid, [ 1 ] Obiang began his football career playing for respective teams from his home city such CD Avance, RSD Alcalá and AD Naya, where he excelled. due to these participations, he was transferred to the Cadete team of Atlético Madrid. He left Atlético for Sampdoria in 2008 at age 16, the minimal age that external transfer within the European Union is allowed. He was the extremity of Allievi Nazionali youth team in 2008–09 temper, but besides call-up to the first team in pre-season. [ 2 ] He was besides an idle alternate against Lazio and against Chievo, by the decision of head coach Walter Mazzarri. In 2009–10, he was promoted to senior young person team – Primavera. Primary a youth team player, Obiang besides played seven times in pre-season friendlies in summer 2010, scoring two goals. After the injury crisis of the Genoese team in which the team lost midfielders Stefano Guberti, Fernando Tissone, Andrea Poli and Paolo Sammarco, he received a call-up again from modern head coach Domenico Di Carlo, [ 3 ] and made his competitive debut on 12 September 2010. He substituted Vladimir Koman in the 58th hour, at that time Sampdoria losing 1–2 to Juventus ; finally, Sampdoria 3–3 draw at Stadio Olimpico di Torino. Obiang signed a new, five-year compress extension with Doria on the morning before the start of the meet. [ 4 ] Obiang besides named in 2010–11 UEFA Champions League 25-men aged police squad ( list A ) for play-off round and received the call-up against Werder Bremen, [ 5 ] however Obiang was not named as one of players on the substitutes ‘ bench. He besides received his beginning call-up for 2010–11 UEFA Europa League on 28 September 2010 as number B players ( Under-21 youth intersection ). [ 6 ] He made his european debut on 16 December 2010 ( matchday 6 ), with the club already eliminated before the match, a 0–2 defeat to Debreceni .

West Ham United [edit ]

On 10 June 2015, West Ham United announced the sign of Obiang for an undisclosed tip on a four-year narrow. [ 7 ] He made his Premier League debut on 15 August as a half-time utility for Reece Oxford in a 1–2 base kill to Leicester City. [ 8 ] In November 2016, Obiang was announced as West Ham ‘s Player of the Month for October. [ 9 ] On 4 February 2017, Obiang scored his first Premier League goal for West Ham on his 55th appearance for the club, against Southampton. The ball fell to Obiang from a corner, where he controlled, and then shot finding the bottom corner from 25 yards out. [ 10 ] On 20 March 2017, he was ruled out for the end of the 2016–17 season, having rolled his ankle during a home frustration by Leicester on 18 March 2017. [ 11 ] In January 2018, Obiang was injured during an FA Cup game against Wigan Athletic. In February he underwent knee surgery and was ruled out for the remainder of the 2017–18 season. [ 12 ]

Obiang won the 2017–18 West Ham goal of the season prize for his bombshell affect against Tottenham. [ 13 ]

Sassuolo [edit ]

On 24 July 2019, Obiang signed for Sassuolo. [ 14 ] He was diagnosed with bronchopulmonary disease in August 2021 and was omitted from all sporting bodily process as a precaution. [ 15 ]

International career [edit ]

Obiang has been capped for Spain at youth levels. Obiang received a call up for Porto International Tournament in April 2011. [ 16 ] due to his Fang backdrop, the Gabonese Football Federation tried unsuccessfully to persuade Obiang to play for Gabon, although both his parents and his grandparents are from equatorial Guinea. In November 2011, they included him in a squad list for a match between the area ‘s under-20 and China, however he ignored the call. [ 17 ] Being eligible to represent Equatorial Guinea, in 2011, the country ‘s federation approached Obiang to enquire if he would be willing to represent the state at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, however Obiang declined. [ 18 ] In April 2015, after a meet with the Equatoguinean Football Federation people, Obiang ‘s stance on representing equatorial Guinea appeared to have changed after showing a desire to play for the country. [ 19 ] On 5 October 2016, Obiang reunited in London with Equatoguinean Football Federation president of the united states Andrés Mbomio, and Equatoguinean national team head coach and coordinator Esteban Becker and Juvenal Edjogo-Owono respectively to reach an agreement. [ 20 ]

On 7 November 2018, Obiang was officially called up for the Equatorial Guinea home team. [ 21 ] Obiang made his debut for equatorial Guinea in a 1–0 loss to Senegal on 18 November 2018. [ 22 ] In December 2018 he said he was “ gallant ” to play for the nation. [ 23 ] He scored his first international goal on 22 March 2019 in a 4-1 african Cup of Nations qualifier gain against Sudan. [ 24 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 23 May 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 15 November 2020[32]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Equatorial Guinea 2018 1 0
2019 6 2
2020 2 1
Total 9 3

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea’s goal tally first.[32]

References [edit ]