Iván Salvador

Ibán
Personal information
Full nameIván Salvador Edú
Date of birth11 December 1995
Place of birthL'Hospitalet, Spain
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Valencia B
Youth career
2002–2013Hospitalet
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2013–2014Hospitalet20(5)
2014–Valencia B25(2)
National team‡
2015–Equatorial Guinea7(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2015
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Salvador and the second or maternal family name is Edú.

Iván Salvador Edú (born 11 December 1995), known as Ivan Edu, Ibán Salvador or simply Ibán, is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Valencia CF Mestalla as a forward.

Club career

Born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Ibán joined CE L'Hospitalet's youth setup in 2002, aged six. He made his senior debut on 27 October 2013, coming on as a second half substitute for Enrique Carreño in a 3–2 home win against Villarreal CF B for the Segunda División B championship.[1]

Ibán scored his first goal on 10 November, netting the last in a 5–0 away routing over AE Prat.[2] He finished the campaign with 26 appearances and five goals, as his side missed out promotion in the play-offs.

On 4 August 2014 Ibán joined Valencia CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the third level.[3]

International career

Ibán's maternal grandfather was born in the then Spanish Guinea and arrived at Catalonia in the 60's along his Galician wife,[4] making him eligible to both Equatorial Guinea and Spain.

On 7 January 2015, Ibán made his full international debut for Equatorial Guinea, starting in a 1–1 friendly draw against Cape Verde.[5] A day later, he was included in Esteban Becker's 23-men list for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations,[6] and made his debut in the competition on the 17th, starting in a 1–1 draw against Congo.[7]

Ibán scored his first goal for Equatorial Guinea in a 2–0 defeat of Gabon, which put the nation into the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time in its history.[8]

Statistics

International

As of 25 January 2015[9]
Equatorial Guinea
YearAppsGoals
201572
Total72

International goals

Score and Result shows Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 25 January 2015 Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea  Gabon
2–0
2–0
2015 African Cup of Nations
2. 29 March 2015 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast  Ivory Coast
1–0
1–1
Friendly

References

  1. ↑ "El Villarreal B no aguantó el acoso de L’Hospitalet y perdió el liderato (3–2)" [Villarreal B could not support L'Hospitalet's chase and lost the leadership (3–2)] (in Spanish). Castellón Información. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "El CE L'Hospitalet gana por goleada a l'AE Prat" [CE L'Hospitalet defeats AE Prat with a routing] (in Spanish). El Periódico de L'Hospitalet. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Iban Salvador refuerza la delantera del Mestalla" [Iban Salvador bolsters Valencia Mestalla's attack] (in Spanish). Superdeporte. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "De Bellvitge a l'‘nzalang'" [From Bellvitge to the `Nzalang´] (in Catalan). L'Esportiu. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Hopeful tie of the Nzalang against Cape Verde". Equatorial Guinea. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "2015 Nations Cup: Equatorial Guinea announce squad". BBC. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Equatorial Guinea 1–1 Congo: AFCON 2015 gets under way as Leopards grab late leveller against National Thunder". Daily Mail. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Gabon 0-2 Equatorial Guinea". BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ibán". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

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