Pippin

Pippin, Peppin, Pepin or Pipin may refer to:

People

Carolingians

Pippin, Peppin, and Pepin (Latin: Pippinus, Pipinus, and Pepinus) are variants of a single Frankish given name borne by the following figures in the Carolingian family that ruled the Frankish Empire in what is now France and the western parts of Germany in the Middle Ages:

Pepín (footballer, born 1959)

José Luis Salcedo Nieto (born 15 September 1959), known as Pepín, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender.

Football career

Born in Aranjuez, Pepín played 275 official games for CA Osasuna over the course of seven La Liga seasons, having signed in the 1987 summer from local Community of Madrid side Rayo Vallecano.

He left the Navarrese at the end of the 1993–94 campaign, which ended in relegation, and, at the age of nearly 35, returned to his very first senior club Real Aranjuez CF in the lower leagues. With Osasuna, he also appeared in six complete matches in the 1991–92 UEFA Cup.

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Pepín (footballer, born 1996)

José Ndong Machín Dicombo (born 14 August 1996), commonly known as Pepín, is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays for Italian club A.S. Roma Primavera as a central midfielder.

Football career

Born in Bata, Litoral Province, Pepín has started his youth career for La Floresta, in Tarragona, Spain. In the middle of 2004, he joined FC Barcelona's youth setup and he remained there the next four seasons, coming back to La Floresta for one year. After a stint in Cambrils, Pepín signed for Gimnàstic de Tarragona, where he has relaunched his career as a young prospect. Two years later, in 2012, he and Aitor Embela, his teammate for Equatorial Guinea U16, were signed for Málaga CF.

On 2 November 2014, Pepín made his senior debut with the reserves, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 home win against Villacarrillo CF for the Tercera División championship.

In late January 2015, Pepín was transferred to A.S. Roma, being incorporated to the Primavera side. He played friendly matches with the first team in the middle of 2015 and was an unused substitute in several 2015–16 Serie A matches.