Anselmo Eyegue Nfono (born 5 September 1990) is an Equatorial Guinean

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who plays as a

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for Andorran

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club FC Pas de la Casa. He

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for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Club career

Anselmo played his first years for Briquets Deportivo, Escola Esportiva Guineueta and CF Damm. He signed for

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''Juvenil A'', FC Barcelona's youth team aged 18 where he played 30 matches and scored 7 goals. He played for Spanish teams

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and

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and then had an unsuccessful trial with Colombian team

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, signing shortly after with Omani club Bowsher. In 2012, Anselmo returned to Spain, where signed for

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. Later he played for

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and

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. He last played for Navata CF in the Catalonian third division.

International career

Anselmo made his Equatorial Guinea national team debut on 15 June 2008 in a World Cup 2010 Qualifying match against

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Malabo Malabo ( , ; formerly Santa Isabel) is the capital of Equatorial Guinea and the province of Bioko Norte. It is located on the north coast of the island of Bioko, ( bvb, Etulá, and as ''Fernando Pó'' by the Europeans). In 2018, the city had ...

. That day the ''Nzalang Nacional'' (the nickname of Equatorial Guinea national football team) lost by 1–0. Later, he played against

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on 11 October 2008, in

and a

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against

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on 28 March 2009 in

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. He scored against

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on 11 August 2010.

Career statistics

International

International appearances

International goals

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