.jpg) Obiang withEquatorial Guinea in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Esteban Orozco Fernández[1] | ||
| Birth name | Esteban Obiang Obono[2] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-05-07)7 May 1998 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Zaragoza, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back,right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Argeș Pitești | ||
| Number | 43 | ||
| 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) |
| 2019–2021 | Ibiza | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | →Sant Rafel (loan) | 41 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Antequera | 13 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Chindia Târgoviște | 27 | (1) |
| 2023– | Argeș Pitești | 30 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Equatorial Guinea | 39 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2025 | |||
Esteban Orozco Fernández (bornEsteban Obiang Obono, 7 May 1998), also known simply asEsteban, is a professionalfootballer who plays for RomanianLiga II clubArgeș Pitești.[3] He can operate as acentre-back orright-back. Born in Spain, he plays for theEquatorial Guinea national team.[4]
Originally registered in the Spanish football competitions with his Equatorial Guinean biological parents' surnames (Obiang Obono),[5] Orozco later replaced them with the ones from his Spanish adoptive parents (Orozco Fernández).
Esteban was born inZaragoza. 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 fromUtrera, where he would spend most of his life. He considers himself as a person from Utrera.[6]
Esteban made his senior debut withCD Utrera on 7 February 2016, in a 1–1 away tie againstCD Alcalá.[7][8] He finished that season having played a total of 7Tercera División matches.[9] Then, he moved to the youth team ofReal Betis Balompié.[10]
Esteban was renewed by Betis and promoted to itsreserve team.[2] He made hisSegunda División B debut on 25 November 2017, in a 1–4 away win againstFC Cartagena.[11] On 25 January 2018, he returned to Utrera, loaned by Betis.[12]
Esteban made his international debut forEquatorial Guinea on 9 October 2017, in a 3–1 victory overMauritius in a friendly match. He came on as a second-half substitute forDiosdado Mbele.[13] On 16 January 2022, he help his national team to defeatAlgeria during the2021 Africa Cup of Nations by scoring the lone goal of the match.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equatorial Guinea | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 January 2022 | Japoma Stadium,Douala, Cameroon |  Algeria | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
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