Iván Zarandona
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iván Zarandona Esono | ||
| Date of birth | 30 August 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Valladolid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Palencia | ||
| 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) |
| 2014–2015 | Hong Kong Rangers | 10 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Burgos | 26 | (1) |
| 2016– | Palencia | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998 | Spain U18 | 1 | (1) |
| 2003– | Equatorial Guinea | 31 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2016. | |||
Iván Zarandona Esono (born 30 August 1980) is an Equatoguinean footballer who plays for CD Palencia Balompié. 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,[1] CD Lugo, SD Noja and Burgos CF. In the third level, he appeared in more than 300 official matches for several teams.[2]
International career
Zarandona played for the Spanish under-18 team[3] 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.[4]
Personal life
Zarandona's father is Basque, and his mother was from Equatorial Guinea. His older brother, Benjamín, successfully represented Valladolid, Real Betis and the Spanish under-21s, before switching too to Equatorial Guinea at senior level.
Club statistics
- As of 17 April 2015
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mallorca | 2001–02[5] | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Betis B | 2002–03[5] | Segunda División B | 24 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||
| Valladolid | 2004–05[5] | Segunda División | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
| Rayo Vallecano | 2005–06[5] | Segunda División B | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 2 | |
| Zamora | 2005–06[5] | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Pájara Playas | 2006–07[5] | Segunda División B | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 2007–08[5] | Segunda División B | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
| Total | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3 | ||
| Leganés | 2008–09[5] | Segunda División B | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| 2009–10[5] | Segunda División B | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | ||
| Total | 60 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 4 | ||
| Jaén | 2010–11[5] | Segunda División B | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 4 | |
| Lugo | 2011–12[5] | Segunda División B | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Noja | 2012–13[5] | Segunda División B | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |
| 2013–14[5] | Segunda División B | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 45 | 2 | |||
| Hong Kong Rangers | 2013–14[6] | Hong Kong First Division League | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2014–15[6] | Hong Kong Premier League | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 265 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 293 | 16 | ||
References
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Zarandona: Iván Zarandona Esono". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- 1 2 "Iván Zarandona". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
External links
- Iván Zarandona profile at BDFutbol
- Iván Zarandona profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
- HKFA profile
- Iván Zarandona at National-Football-Teams.com
- Iván Zarandona – FIFA competition record
- Iván Zarandona at Soccerway
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