Marvin José Anieboh Pallaruelo (born 26 August 1997), known as Marvin in Spain, is a professional

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who plays as a either a

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or a

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for

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club UD Montijo. Born and raised in Spain to a Nigerian father and an Equatorial Guinean mother of partial Spanish descent, he represents Equatorial Guinea internationally.

Early life

Anieboh was born in

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to a Nigerian Urhobo father and an Equatoguinean mother. He is of Spanish descent through his maternal grandfather and of

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descent through his maternal grandmother.

Club career

After representing

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Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

and

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

as a youth, Anieboh made his senior debut for the latter's B-team during the 2016–17 season, in the regional leagues. On 24 June 2017, he was loaned to

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side CD Los Yébenes San Bruno for one year. On 22 August 2018, Anieboh signed for fellow fourth division side

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. Ahead of the 2018–19 campaign, he signed for another

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also in division four. Anieboh made his

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debut for ''Alkor'' on 17 December 2019, starting in a 0–1 away loss against

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, for the season's

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International career

Due to his background, Anieboh was eligible to play internationally for

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or Equatorial Guinea. After representing the latter's under–20s in 2015, he received his first senior call in October 2016 for a

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against

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, but he did not play. Anieboh returned to the Equatorial Guinean squad in 2019 and made his debut on 19 November that year, in a 0–1 loss to

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at the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anieboh, Marvin 1997 births Living people Citizens of Equatorial Guinea through descent Equatoguinean footballers Association football fullbacks Association football central defenders Utsiktens BK players Superettan players Equatorial Guinea international footballers Equatoguinean expatriate footballers Equatoguinean expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Sweden Equatoguinean people of Nigerian descent Sportspeople of Nigerian descent Equatoguinean sportspeople of Spanish descent People of Bubi descent Footballers from Madrid Spanish footballers CF Fuenlabrada B players AD Alcorcón B players AD Alcorcón footballers CP Cacereño players Vélez CF players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Spanish expatriate footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Spanish people of Nigerian descent Spanish sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent Spanish people of Bubi descent