Iván Zarandona
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iván Zarandona Esono | ||
| Date of birth | 30 August 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Valladolid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Happy Valley | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Valladolid | ||
| 1998–1999 | Extremadura | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2000 | Mallorca B | 2 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Ferriolense | ||
| 2001–2002 | Mallorca B | 27 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Betis B | 24 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Caravaca | ||
| 2004–2005 | Valladolid | 15 | (0) |
| 2005 | Rayo Vallecano | 9 | (2) |
| 2006 | Zamora | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Murcia B | ||
| 2006 | Los Palacios | ||
| 2007–2008 | Pájara Playas | 52 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | Leganés | 60 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | Jaén | 32 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | Lugo | 18 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Noja | 43 | (2) |
| 2013– | Happy Valley | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998 | Spain U18 | 1 | (1) |
| 2003– | Equatorial Guinea[1] | 15 | (0) |
| 2007– | Equatorial Guinea B[1] | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Iván Zarandona Esono (born 30 August 1980) is an Equatoguinean footballer who plays for Happy Valley AA in the Hong Kong First Division League. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also operate as a central defender.
Club career
Born in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain, Zarandona played the vast majority of his career in the lower leagues of that country, having a second division stint with Real Valladolid in the 2004–05 season where he played in less than half of the games.
Rarely settling with a club he also represented CF Extremadura, CD Ferriolense, RCD Mallorca B, Real Betis B, Caravaca CF, Rayo Vallecano, Zamora CF, Real Murcia Imperial, UD Los Palacios, UD Pájara Playas de Jandía, CD Leganés, Real Jaén,[2] CD Lugo and SD Noja. In the third level, he appeared in nearly 300 official matches for several teams.[3]
International career
Zarandona played for the Spanish under-18s[4] but, in June 2003, FIFA allowed the player to change his nationality. This rule originally applied only for under-21 players not yet capped for the senior sides, but FIFA also allowed overage ones to apply, until December 2004.
Zarandona started representing his "new nation", Equatorial Guinea, in October 2003, in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification first round tie loss against Togo.[5]
Personal
Zarandona's father is Basque, and his mother was from Equatorial Guinea. His older brother, Benjamín, successfully represented Valladolid, Real Betis and Spain U21s, before switching too to Equatorial Guinea at senior level.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Minimal amount of matches played
- ↑ El vallisoletano Iván Zarandona ficha por el Jaén (Valladolid's Iván Zarandona signs for Jaén); ABC, 15 August 2010 (Spanish)
- ↑ Canarias forma grupo (Canarias forms group); El Día, 23 August 2007 (Spanish)
- ↑ Maldini, tenemos a Zarandona (Maldini, we have Zarandona); Gol en Butarque, 3 March 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ Footballers step-out of 'Eel's' shadow; BBC Sport, 8 May 2007
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- Futbolme profile (Spanish)
- Stats at FutbolEsta (Spanish)
- Iván Zarandona at National-Football-Teams.com
- Iván Zarandona – FIFA competition record
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