Equatorial Guinea

26 Jul

Nsue And Equatorial Guinea Appeal Eligibility Ruling

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Both Emilio Nsue and the Equatorial Guinea’s football federation (Feguifut) have filed separate appeals against Fifa’s ruling in May that the 34-year-old has never been eligible to play for the African nation. There was widespread shock when Fifa stated that Nsue, the top scorer at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, had been playing international football without approval since 2013. On top of a six-month international ban for the player, who Fifa adjudges to be Spanish, football’s world governing body fined the Equatoguinean federation $164,000 (£127,000) and deducted points from 2026 World Cup qualifiers Nsue had played in. “Our player and captain…

23 Jan

AFCON 2023: Equatorial Guinea’s Emilio Nsue Leads The Scoring Charts With 5 Goals

wontumionlineSports2023 AFCON, Equatorial Guinea

At 34, the twilight years of international football beckoned for Emilio Nsue Lopez in many African nations. Yet, here he stands in Cote d'Ivoire, not fading into the sunset, but blazing across the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (2023 AFCON) sky, his name etched atop the scoring charts in an unexpected resurgence. Usually a stalwart defender or elusive winger for the European clubs he's graced, Nsue has found a rejuvenated spirit in his preferred no. 9 role for Equatorial Guinea. The Cote d'Ivoire air seems to invigorate him, for after a hat-trick heroics against Guinea-Bissau, his boots continued their symphony…