Article by Remus Dinu – Published on Tuesday, 27 January 2026 23:22 / Updated on Wednesday, 28 January 2026 00:27
Esteban Orozco27 years old, the central defender of FC Argeș, will soon sign with Unirea Slobozia, Gazeta Sporturilor sources reveal. The people of Ialomi, who have seriously entered the relegation zone, are getting stronger with a footballer who is almost no longer in Bogdan Andone's opinion, but who, paradoxically, is a key player in his country's national team.
Unexpected move to the Superliga! The “revelation” of the championship, FC Argeș, 4th place in the current hierarchy of the championship, parting ways with the international who represented it this winter at the African Cup and implicitly one of the oldest footballers in the group, also present in the victorious campaign in League 2.
From the information obtained by GSP.ro, Orozco, a key player in the Equatorial Guinea national team, will sign with Unirea Slobozia, the move to be completed on Wednesday morning. The 27-year-old stopper born in Spain, who can also play as a “closer” if needed, he agreed with the new team and goes to Unirea to fight to avoid relegation.
The transfer is final.
Esteban Orozco Fernandez has been playing for the “purple eagles” since 2023 / Photo source: argesfc.ro
This winter, Orozco was an integral part of Equatorial Guinea's three matches at the Africa Cup of Nations, 1-3 with Algeria, 0-1 with Sudan and 1-2 with Burkina Faso. The representative of his country left the competition in the group stage.
Esteban Orozco was getting less and less minutes at FC Argeș
Quoted at 250,000 euros on Transfermarkt, Orozco was registered at FC Argeș as early as 2023, ticking off a total of 53 appearances for the purple-white grouping. It's just that his situation got complicated in the season that marked the return to the first stage of Pitesti, and the chances received decreased considerably.
The African has only played 12 matches, 10 in the championship and two in the Romanian Betano Cup, the last minutes for FC Argeș being ticked off on November 8, in the white-violets' failure with Rapid, 1-2.
How he didn't like his new statusthe footballer accepted a move to Unirea Slobozia, a team that also relies on Patrick Dulcea, another Argeș player, loaned to the team prepared by Prepelita and Vlădoiu.
FC Argeș parted this winter with the Brazilian Caio, sold to Latvia, the club also gave up the services of Kevin Doukoure and Franck Tchassem, and they entered the list of players who did not get any chances.
