Christophe Atangana Assimba (born 2 March 2000) is a Cameroonian
footballer who plays as a
goalkeeper for
Gabala.
Club career
Atangana started his career with Spanish
La Liga side
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...
, having lived in the city since childhood.
In 2016 he made his senior debut for
Basconia
Club Deportivo Basconia is a Spanish football club based in Basauri, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 14 March 1913, it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio d ...
, Athletic's
farm team, in the fourth tier.
In 2018, he was promoted to the reserve team
Bilbao Athletic but was deemed to be only the fourth choice (behind Unai Etxebarria, Hodei Oleaga and Ander Iru) and was sent on loan to local third tier club
Leioa where he was backup to the more experienced Urtzi Iturrioz. At the start of 2019–20 Atangana found himself behind new signings
Jokin Ezkieta
Jokin Ezkieta Mendiburu is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Racing de Santander.
Club career
Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Ezkieta represented CA Osasuna as a youth. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 24 August 2014, ...
and
Julen Agirrezabala in the selection queue in Bilbao and returned to Leioa, but again played rarely so switched to Somorrostro (fourth tier) mid-season in search of more match action, only for that campaign to be curtailed by the
COVID-19 pandemic. He spent the 2020–21 season on loan at
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Persons
* Abbygale Arenas (born ...
(third tier) but was unable to displace Diego Carrio as the regular starting goalkeeper.
In August 2021, after being released by Athletic Bilbao, Atangana signed for
Gabala in Azerbaijan. On 10 December 2021, he debuted for Gabala during a 2–1 win over
MOIK.
International career
Atangana was selected for the
Cameroon under-20 team for the
2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification fixtures, in which his team eliminated
Uganda over two legs but lost to
Mali.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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Cameroonian men's footballers
Spanish men's footballers
Gabala SC players
Athletic Bilbao footballers
CD Basconia footballers
Living people
2000 births
Men's association football goalkeepers
SD Leioa players
Arenas Club de Getxo footballers
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Cameroon men's youth international footballers
Cameroonian emigrants to Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
Footballers from Douala
Footballers from Bilbao
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