The Most Famous
SOCCER PLAYERS from Equatorial Guinea
This page contains a list of the greatest Equatorial Guinean Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 3 of which were born in Equatorial Guinea. This makes Equatorial Guinea the birth place of the 140th most number of Soccer Players behind Libya, and Kosovo.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Equatorial Guinean Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Equatorial Guinean Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Miguel Jones (1938 - 2020)
With an HPI of 51.65, Miguel Jones is the most famous Equatorial Guinean Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Miguel Jones Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [mi'ɣel 'xones]; 27 October 1938 – 8 April 2020) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for SD Indautxu and Atlético Madrid during the 1950s and 1960s.
2. Álvaro Cervera (b. 1965)
With an HPI of 45.65, Álvaro Cervera is the 2nd most famous Equatorial Guinean Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Álvaro Cervera Díaz (born 20 September 1965) is a Spanish football coach and former player who is the manager of Segunda División club Tenerife. A winger, he played 261 matches in La Liga over 12 seasons for Racing de Santander (in two spells), Mallorca and Valencia, scoring 17 goals. He won four caps for Spain in the 1990s. Cervera became a coach in 2002, going on to work with a number of clubs.
3. Genoveva Añonman (b. 1989)
With an HPI of 34.04, Genoveva Añonman is the 3rd most famous Equatorial Guinean Soccer Player. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Genoveva Añonman Nze (born 19 April 1989) is an Equatorial Guinean football manager and former professional player who played as a forward. She coaches 15 de Agosto in the Equatoguinean Primera División femenina. She is the historical captain and top scorer of the Equatorial Guinea women's national team, for which she played for 16 years.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Equatorial Guinean soccer players born between 1938 and 1989. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Equatorial Guinean soccer players include Álvaro Cervera, and Genoveva Añonman. The most famous deceased Equatorial Guinean soccer players include Miguel Jones. As of April 2024, 3 new Equatorial Guinean soccer players have been added to Pantheon including Miguel Jones, Álvaro Cervera, and Genoveva Añonman.
Living Equatorial Guinean Soccer Players
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Miguel Jones
1938 - 2020
HPI: 51.65
Álvaro Cervera
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Genoveva Añonman
1989 - Present
HPI: 34.04
