Carlos Akapo

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Akapo and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Carlos Akapo
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Akapo Martínez
Date of birth	(1993-03-12) 12 March 1993
Place of birth	Elche, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Valencia B
Youth career
1998–2008	Kelme
2008–2009	Hércules
2009–2011	Elche
2011–2012	Huracán
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2012–2013	Huracán	24	(0)
2013–2014	Numancia	29	(0)
2014–	Valencia B	7	(0)
National team^‡
2013–	Equatorial Guinea	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 March 2015. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 January 2015

Carlos Akapo Martínez (born 12 March 1993) is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays for Valencia CF Mestalla in Segunda División B, as a right back or central defender.

Club career

Akapo was born in Elche, Alicante, to an Equatoguinean father and a Spanish mother. He played youth football with four clubs, including Hércules CF and Elche CF,^[1] and finished his formation with another team in the Valencian Community, Huracán Valencia CF; he made his senior debut with the side on 22 January 2012, in a 1–2 home loss against RCD Mallorca B.^[2]

Akapo received his first call from Equatorial Guinea in late August 2012, for a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Congo DR the following month.^[3] He did not leave the bench in the 0–4 loss, making his debut on 5 June 2013 in a friendly with Togo.^[4]