Salomón Obama

Salomón Obama
Omaba in 2017 with Atlético Madrid B
Personal information
Full name Salomón Asumu Obama Ondo
Date of birth (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000
Place of birth Kie-Ntem, Equatorial Guinea[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Esperança d'Andorra
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
2021 Sevan 1 (0)
2021 Móstoles URJC 3 (0)
2022 UE Santa Coloma 15 (5)
2022–2023 Ethnikos Achna 23 (0)
2023–2024 UE Santa Coloma 24 (7)
2024–2025 Ràngers 15 (3)
2025–2026 Tlaxcala 10 (0)
2026– Esperança d'Andorra
International career‡
2017 Spain U17 5 (1)
2018–2019 Equatorial Guinea U-23 3 (1)
2018– Equatorial Guinea 16 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 January 2024

Salomón Asumu Obama Ondo (born 4 February 2000) is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera Divisió club Esperança and the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Professional career

Obama moved to Spain at a young age from Equatorial Guinea, and was raised in Torrejón.[2] Salomón joined the youth academy of Atlético Madrid in 2008.[3]

On 31 January 2019, Obama signed for Celta de Vigo, from Atletico Madrid.

Obama signed for Tlaxcala in the Liga de Expansión MX for the Apertura 2025.[4]

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 Spain 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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 November 2020Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Libya3–23–22021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Personal life

Obama's twin brother, Federico, is also a footballer and last played for Primera Divisió club Penya Encarnada d'Andorra as a full-back.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Salomón Asumu Obama Ondo". Liga de Expansión MX.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ 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). Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Coyotes suma dos refuerzos más previo a su debut".
  5. ↑ 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.
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