Sipo (footballer)

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Sipo
Personal information
Full name Armando Sipoto Bohale Aqueriaco
Date of birth (1988-04-21) 21 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Alicante, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1997–2007 Alicante
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2009 Alicante B
2009–2010 Alicante 18 (0)
2010 Torrellano Illice 7 (0)
2011 Jove Español 13 (1)
2011–2012 Badajoz 18 (0)
2012 Cádiz 0 (0)
2012–2013 Teruel 17 (0)
2013 Osasuna B 15 (0)
2013–2014 Pandurii 7 (1)
2014–2015 AEK Larnaca 2 (0)
2015–2016 Olímpic Xàtiva 2 (0)
2018–2019 Alicante 1 (0)
International career
2006–2015 Equatorial Guinea 27 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2018

Armando Sipoto Bohale Aqueriaco (born 21 April 1988), commonly known as Sipo, is a former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

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He spent all but his senior career in Spain, but never in higher than Segunda División B. His professional input consisted of a combined nine matches for Pandurii (Romania) and AEK Larnaca (Cyprus).

Born in Spain, Sipo capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Club career

Born in Alicante, Spain, Sipo only played lower league football in that country. He represented Alicante CF, CD Badajoz, [1] Cádiz CF, CD Teruel and CA Osasuna B in Segunda División B, and Alicante's B-team (which he helped promote from the regional leagues in his first season), [2] Torrellano Illice CF and FC Jove Español San Vicente in Tercera División.

In 2008–09, Sipo won another promotion with Alicante B but, as the first team was relegated from Segunda División, the former were also forced to drop down a level. [3] He split the 2012–13 campaign with three clubs, playing one Copa del Rey game with Cádiz [4] and also appearing for Teruel and Osasuna's reserves.

Sipo made his professional debut with CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu in Romania. [5] He scored in first appearance in Liga I, a 1–1 away draw against FC Petrolul Ploiești on 29 July 2013. [6]

International career

Born to Equatoguinean parents, Sipo decided to represent Equatorial Guinea internationally. He made his debut on 29 March 2006 in a 2–0 friendly win against Benin in Malabo, being this the first time he entered his adopted nation. [1] [7]

Sipo was called to the squad that appeared in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations played on home soil, being an unused member during the tournament due to an injury which he contracted in a friendly and from which he did not fully recover. [8]

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