Óber Almanza
{{short description|Colombian footballer (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Almanza|Sehuanes|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Óber Almanza
|image =
|full_name = Óber Yesid Almanza Sehuanes{{WorldFootball.net|ober-almanza}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|5|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = Majagual, Colombia
|height = 1.70 m
|position = Midfielder
|currentclub = Bihor Oradea
|clubnumber = 21
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2018
|youthclubs1 = Udinese Football School Colombia
|youthyears2 = 2018–2022
|youthclubs2 = Watford
|youthyears3 = 2021–2022
|youthclubs3 = → Albacete (loan)
|years1 = 2020–2024 |clubs1 = Watford |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2020 |clubs2 = → Llaneros (loan) |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2021–2022 |clubs3 = → Albacete (loan) |caps3 = 0 |goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2022 |clubs4 = → Santa Fe (loan) |caps4 = 3 |goals4 = 0
|years5 = 2023 |clubs5 = → Real Cartagena (loan) |caps5 = 3 |goals5 = 0
|years6 = 2023 |clubs6 = → Orsomarso (loan) |caps6 = 9 |goals6 = 0
|years7 = 2024– |clubs7 = Bihor Oradea |caps7 = 6 |goals7 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2019
|nationalteam1 = Colombia U17
|nationalcaps1 =
|nationalgoals1 =
|nationalyears2 = 2021
|nationalteam2 = Colombia U19
|nationalcaps2 = 3
|nationalgoals2 = 0
|nationalyears3 = 2021–2022
|nationalteam3 = Colombia U20
|nationalcaps3 = 7
|nationalgoals3 = 0
|club-update = 26 October 2024
|nationalteam-update =
}}
Óber Yesid Almanza Sehuanes (born 10 May 2003) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga II club Bihor Oradea.
Club career
Having begun his career with the Udinese Football School in Barranquilla, Almanza travelled to Italy in 2018 to trial with parent club Udinese.{{cite web|url=https://latitular.com/cinco-canteranos-la-escuela-futbol-udinese-football-school-viajan-europa-brasil/|title=Cinco canteranos de la escuela de fútbol Udinese Football School viajan a Europa y Brasil|trans-title=Five homegrown players from the Udinese Football School travel to Europe and Brazil|first=Jose|last=Rangel M.|date=27 February 2018|accessdate=4 July 2023|website=latitular.com|language=Spanish}} He went on to join Udinese affiliate club Watford in England later in the same year.{{cite web|url=https://futbolalinstante.com/quien-es-ober-almanza-el-nuevo-fichaje-de-independiente-santa-fe/|title=¿Quién es Óber Almanza? el nuevo fichaje de Independiente Santa Fe|trans-title=Who is Ober Almanza? the new signing of Independiente Santa Fe|date=13 July 2022|accessdate=4 July 2023|website=futbolalinstante.com|language=Spanish}} He was loaned to Categoría Primera B side Llaneros in 2020, going on to make his debut in a 2–0 Copa Colombia away win against Atlético Huila.
He was loaned to Spanish side Albacete for the 2021–22 season, featuring solely for their youth teams, where he made thirty-one appearances, scoring on seven occasions.{{LaPreferente|370428}} For the second half of the 2022 season, he was loaned to Santa Fe in the Colombian Categoría Primera A. However, after a month with the club, he had still yet to make his debut.{{cite web|url=https://futbolete.com/pasioncardenal-co/por-que-no-ha-debutado-ober-almanza-con-santa-fe/796855/|title=¿Por qué no ha debutado Óber Almanza con Santa Fe?|trans-title=Why hasn't Óber Almanza made his debut with Santa Fe?|first=Sebastián|last=Montañez|date=5 August 2022|accessdate=4 July 2023|website=futbolete.com|language=Spanish}}
After a disappointing season with Santa Fe, in which he only played eight minutes in total, spread over three games, he was again loaned to Colombia, with Watford announcing that he had completed a loan move to Deportivo Pereira.{{cite web|url=https://www.watfordfc.com/news/news-squad-list-confirmed|title=News: Squad List Confirmed|date=8 February 2023|accessdate=4 July 2023|website=watfordfc.com}} However, this move was eventually cancelled, and he joined second-division side Real Cartagena in February 2023.{{cite web|url=https://eldeportivo.com.co/futbol-colombiano/ober-almanza-es-nuevo-jugador-del-real-cartagena/|title=Ober Almanza es nuevo jugador del Real Cartagena|trans-title=Ober Almanza is a new Real Cartagena player|date=24 February 2023|accessdate=4 July 2023|website=eldeportivo.com.co|language=Spanish}} Having failed to have an impact on the team, he was recalled and sent to Orsomarso in July 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66075712|title=Domingos Quina and Mario Gaspar leave Watford following 2022-23 season|date=1 July 2023|accessdate=4 July 2023|website=bbc.co.uk}}
On 1 August 2024, Almanza signed for Romanian club Bihor Oradea on a free transfer.{{cite news |title=Larouci Becomes A Golden Boy |url=https://www.watfordfc.com/news/2024/august/01/official-larouci-becomes-a-golden-boy/ |access-date=1 August 2024 |publisher=Watford FC |date=1 August 2024}}
International career
Almanza was called up to the Colombian under-17 side in January 2019. He went on to represent the nation at under-20 level, featuring at the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament.
Career statistics
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{{updated|26 October 2024.}}{{Soccerway|ober-yesid-almanza-sehuanes/653937}}
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Llaneros (loan)
|2020 |0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 0 | |||
| Santa Fe (loan)
|2022 |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | |||
| Real Cartagena (loan)
|rowspan="2"|2023 |rowspan="2"|Categoría Primera B |3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | |||
| Orsomarso (loan)
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bihor Oradea
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 6 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
References
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{{FC Bihor Oradea squad}}
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Category:People from Sucre Department
Category:Colombian men's footballers
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Category:Llaneros F.C. players
Category:Albacete Balompié players
Category:Independiente Santa Fe footballers
Category:Real Cartagena footballers
Category:Orsomarso S.C. footballers
Category:FC Bihor Oradea (2022) players
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Category:Categoría Primera B players
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