Rubén Epitié Dyowe Roig (born 5 February 1983) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club FC Pirinaica. Born in Spain, he played for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Epitié spent the vast majority of his senior career in

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, but never appeared in higher than the third division. He represented

CE Manresa Centre d'Esports Manresa is a Spanish football team based in Manresa, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1916, it plays in , holding home games at ''Nou Estadi Municipal del Congost'', with a capacity of 3,000 spectators. Histo ...

FC Andorra Futbol Club Andorra is a professional football club based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, that currently competes in , in the Spanish league system. The club was founded in 1942 and currently plays its home fixtures at Estadi Nacional. In spite ...

, CD La Oliva, ACD San Marcial,

CD Logroñés Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in '' Regional Preferente de La Rioja''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club ha ...

, Jerez Industrial CF,

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, AD Mar Menor-San Javier,

CF Peralada Club de Futbol Peralada is a Spanish football team based in Peralada, in Province of Girona of the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1915, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Municipal de Peralada'' with a capacity of 1,500 seats. ...

UD Poblense Unión Deportiva Poblense is a Spanish football team based in Sa Pobla, Majorca, in the autonomous community of Balearic Islands. Founded in 1935, it plays in . Team colours are shirt with blue and red vertical stripes, blue shorts and socks. ...

CD Binéfar Club Deportivo Binéfar is a Spanish football team based in Binéfar, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1922 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Campo de Deportes de los Olmos'', with a capacity of 1,250 seats. History I ...

CF Vilanova Club de Fútbol Vilanova is a Spanish football team based in Vilanova i la Geltrú, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1951, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Camp Municipal d'Esports'', with a 3,500-seat capacity. The ...

(sharing teams with sibling

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in the latter), CD Montcada,

CF Igualada Club de Futbol Igualada is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Igualada, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1939, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadi Les Comes'', with a capacity of 4,50 ...

UE Rubí The Unió Esportiva Rubí is a football club in Rubí, Barcelona, which is currently playing in . History On 30 June 1912, a group of young people in Rubí, after playing matches against clubs from Barcelona a month before, decided to form a f ...

CE Europa Club Esportiu Europa () is a Catalan football team based in the city of Barcelona, with close links to the Vila de Gràcia, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1907, its first men's team plays in the , the fourth category ...

and

UE Castelldefels Unió Esportiva Castelldefels is a Spanish football team based in Castelldefels, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1948 it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Municipal Els Canyars'', with a capacity for 2,500 specta ...

International career

As many players born in Spain, Epitié chose to represent

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...

through ancestry – his father hailed from that country, while his mother was Spanish. He made his senior debut in 2006.

Personal life

Epitié's older brother,

, was also a footballer – and a forward. He too spent most of his professional career in Spain, and also appeared for Equatorial Guinea internationally.

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