Alberto Edjogo-Owono

Alberto
Personal information
Full nameAlberto Edjogo-Owono Montalbán
Date of birth21 April 1984
Place of birthSabadell, Spain
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Horta
Youth career
Mercantil
Espanyol
2001–2003Sabadell
2002–2003Granollers (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004Sabadell12(1)
2004Gramenet B (loan)10(1)
2005Peralada7(2)
2006Badalona B24(11)
2006–2007Sant Andreu9(1)
2007–2008Pinatar
2008–2009Olímpic Xàtiva
2009–2010Mazarrón
2010–2011Blanes19(5)
2011–2014Vista Alegre76(30)
2014Vilafranca13(3)
2014–Horta0(0)
National team
2003–Equatorial Guinea5(?)
2006–2007Equatorial Guinea U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2012
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Edjogo-Owono and the second or maternal family name is Montalbán.

Alberto Edjogo-Owono Montalbán, sportingly known as Alberto (born 21 April 1984) is an Equatoguinean footballer who plays for UA Horta in the Spanish fifth division, as a forward.

Club career

Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, to an Equatoguinean father and an Andalusian mother, Alberto emerged through local side CE Sabadell FC's youth system, making his senior debuts in 2003 with the team in Segunda División B. Released two years later he resumed his career in amateur football, mainly in his native region, only returning to the third level in 2006–07 and appearing rarely for UE Sant Andreu (one fourth of the matches played, team relegation).

Subsequently Alberto returned to the regional championships, representing successively Pinatar CF, CD Olímpic de Xàtiva, Mazarrón CF, CD Blanes, UD Vista Alegre and FC Vilafranca.[1]

International career

Alberto made his Equatorial Guinea national team debut on 6 July 2003, in an 2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Morocco in Bata, a 0–1 home loss.[2]

Personal

Alberto's older brother, Juvenal, is also a footballer. A midfielder he also represented Sabadell, and also played his entire career in Spain appearing for, amongst others, Levante UD, Deportivo Alavés, Recreativo de Huelva and CD Tenerife.

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