Salvador Ballesta

Personal information
Salva Ballesta
Full name	Salvador Ballesta Vialco
Date of birth	May 25, 1975 (age 31)
Place of birth	Zaragoza, Spain
Height	1.84 m
Nickname	Salva
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Levante UD
Youth clubs
1994–1995	Sevilla B
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1998 1998–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005– 2007–	Sevilla FC Racing de Santander Atlético Madrid Valencia CF →Bolton Wanderers F.C. (loan) Málaga CF Atlético Madrid Málaga CF →Levante UD (loan)	49 (15) 52 (29) 33 (21) 24 (5) - (-) 34 (18) 28 (7) 34 (6) 5 (3)
National team²
2000-2004	Spain	4 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 February 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 13 February 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Salva Ballesta fullname Salvador Ballesta Vialco (born 25 May 1975 in Zaragoza) is a Spanish football striker who has played for seven different top division clubs since 1996. He won the Pichichi Trophy in the 1999-00 season, when he scored 27 goals to lead the Spanish League. Currently, he plays for Levante UD of the Spanish La Liga on loan from Málaga CF.

[edit] Personal life

Salva Ballesta has become both a controversy and a figure of curiosity in Spain for his associations with conservative politics and nationalism.

On February 4, 2007 he played his first La Liga match for Levante on a win over Real Madrid, which Ballesta scored the only winning goal.^[1]

Levante UD - Current Squad
1 Cavallero \| 2 Manolo \| 3 Alexis \| 4 Camacho \| 5 Álvaro \| 6 N'Diaye \| 7 Ettien \| 8 Kapo \| 9 Nino \| 10 Riga \| 11 Zé María \| 12 Berson \| 13 Molina \| 14 Harte \| 15 Tommasi \| 16 Salva Ballesta \| 17 Rubiales \| 18 José Serrano \| 19 Reggi \| 20 Déhu \| 21 Courtois \| 22 Robert \| 23 Descarga \| 24 Meyong \| Manager: Abel Resino