Iván Zarandona

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Iván Zarandona
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Personal information
Full name Iván Zarandona Esono
Date of birth (1980-08-30) 30 August 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Valladolid, Spain
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Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Burgos
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– Burgos 24 (0)
International career
1998 Spain U18 1 (1)
2003– Equatorial Guinea 28 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2015

Iván Zarandona Esono (born 30 August 1980) is an Equatoguinean footballer who plays for Spanish club Burgos CF. 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 nearly 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
  1. Appearance in Relegation play-offs
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearance in Promotion play-offs

References

  1. El vallisoletano Iván Zarandona ficha por el Jaén (Valladolid's Iván Zarandona signs for Jaén); ABC, 15 August 2010 (Spanish)
  2. Canarias forma grupo (Canarias forms group); El Día, 23 August 2007 (Spanish)
  3. Maldini, tenemos a Zarandona (Maldini, we have Zarandona); Gol en Butarque, 3 March 2009 (Spanish)
  4. Footballers step-out of 'Eel's' shadow; BBC Sport, 8 May 2007
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