Iván Zarandona
{{Short description|Equatoguinean footballer (born 1980)}}
{{family name hatnote|Zarandona|Esono|lang=Spanish}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Iván Zarandona
| image = Iván Zarandona.JPG
| caption = Zarandona with Hong Kong Rangers in 2014
| full_name = Iván Zarandona Esono
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|8|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Valladolid, Spain
| height = 1.86 m
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1997–1998 | youthclubs1 = Valladolid
| youthyears2 = 1998–1999 | youthclubs2 = Extremadura
| years1 = 1999–2000 | clubs1 = Mallorca B | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2000–2001 | clubs2 = Ferriolense | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 2001–2002 | clubs3 = Mallorca B | caps3 = 27 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2002–2003 | clubs4 = Betis B | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2003–2004 | clubs5 = Caravaca | caps5 = | goals5 =
| years6 = 2004–2005 | clubs6 = Valladolid | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2005 | clubs7 = Rayo Vallecano | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2006 | clubs8 = Zamora | caps8 = 2 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2006 | clubs9 = Murcia B | caps9 = | goals9 =
| years10 = 2006 | clubs10 = Los Palacios | caps10 = | goals10 =
| years11 = 2007–2008 | clubs11 = Pájara Playas | caps11 = 52 | goals11 = 3
| years12 = 2008–2010 | clubs12 = Leganés | caps12 = 60 | goals12 = 4
| years13 = 2010–2011 | clubs13 = Jaén | caps13 = 32 | goals13 = 4
| years14 = 2011–2012 | clubs14 = Lugo | caps14 = 18 | goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2012–2013 | clubs15 = Noja | caps15 = 43 | goals15 = 2
| years16 = 2014–2015 | clubs16 = Hong Kong Rangers | caps16 = 10 | goals16 = 0
| years17 = 2015–2016 | clubs17 = Burgos | caps17 = 26 | goals17 = 1
| years18 = 2016–2017 | clubs18 = Palencia | caps18 = 14 | goals18 = 0
| years19 = 2017 | clubs19 = Atlético Astorga | caps19 = 14 | goals19 = 1
| years20 = 2017–2019 | clubs20 = Tropezón | caps20 = 69 | goals20 = 16
| totalcaps = 417+ | totalgoals = 35+
| nationalyears1 = 1998 | nationalteam1 = Spain U18 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2003–2017 | nationalteam2 = Equatorial Guinea | nationalcaps2 = 35 | nationalgoals2 = 1
}}
Iván Zarandona Esono (born 30 August 1980) is a sports agent and former footballer. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he also played as a central defender.
He spent the better part of his career in Spain, representing Valladolid at the professional level.
Born in Spain, Zarandona was a member of the Equatorial Guinea national team.
Club career
Born in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain, Zarandona spent the vast majority of his career in the lower leagues of that country, having a Segunda División stint with Real Valladolid in the 2004–05 season where he played less than half of the games.[https://www.diariodeburgos.es/noticia/z4f598cbe-bcb0-edb2-e85e6cc9745978a4/201507/ivan-zarandona-completa-el-centro-del-campo-del-burgos-cf Iván Zarandona completa el centro del campo del Burgos CF (Iván Zarandona completes Burgos CF midfield)]; Diario de Burgos, 23 July 2015 (in Spanish)
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,[http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=486610 El vallisoletano Iván Zarandona ficha por el Jaén (Valladolid's Iván Zarandona signs for Jaén)]; ABC, 15 August 2010 (in Spanish) CD Lugo, SD Noja and Burgos CF. In the Segunda División B, he totalled 309 matches for several teams.[http://www.eldia.es/documentos/EspecialLiga2007-08SegundaDivisionB/EspecialLiga2007-08SegundaDivisionB.pdf Canarias forma grupo (Canarias forms group)]; El Día, 23 August 2007 (in Spanish)
International career
Zarandona played for the Spain under-18 team[http://golenbutarque.blogspot.pt/2009/03/maldini-tenemos-zaradona.html Maldini, tenemos a Zarandona (Maldini, we have Zarandona)]; Gol en Butarque, 3 March 2009 (in Spanish) but, in June 2003, FIFA allowed him to change his national association. This rule originally applied only for under-21 players not yet capped for 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.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6635239.stm Footballers step-out of 'Eel's' shadow]; BBC Sport, 8 May 2007
Personal life
Zarandona's father was Basque, and his mother was from Equatorial Guinea. His older brother Benjamín successfully represented Valladolid, Real Betis and the Spain under-21 team, before switching to Equatorial Guinea at senior level.[http://www.eldiadevalladolid.com/noticia/ZC4D07A7B-DB24-8BD1-9C5D05AE8182D204/20160326/plaza/donde/benjamin/jugaba/futbol/banco La plaza donde Benjamín jugaba al "fútbol banco" (The square where Benjamín played "bench football")]; El Día de Valladolid, 26 March 2016 (in Spanish)
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|17 April 2015}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Mallorca
|2001–02{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j4966.html|title=Zarandona: Iván Zarandona Esono|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=20 March 2015}} |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| Betis B
|24 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 1 | |||
| Valladolid
|15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano
|Segunda División B |9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 2 | ||
| Zamora
|Segunda División B |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Pájara Playas
|Segunda División B |19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in relegation play-offs|name=RPO}} | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2007–08
|Segunda División B |33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3 | |
| rowspan="3"|Leganés
|Segunda División B |28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in promotion play-offs|name=PPO}} | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 2009–10
|Segunda División B |32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!60 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 4 | |
| Jaén
|Segunda División B |32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 4 | ||
| Lugo
|Segunda División B |18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5{{efn|Appearances in promotion play-offs|name=PPO}} | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Noja
|Segunda División B |29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14
|Segunda División B |14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 45 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Hong Kong Rangers
|2013–14{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ivan-zarandona-esono/62052/|title=Iván Zarandona|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=20 March 2015}} |Hong Kong First Division League |4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15
|6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!265 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 293 | 16 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
:Score and result list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score Zarandona goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ International goal scored by Iván Zarandona | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1 | 12 June 2016 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin | {{fb|BEN}} | style="text-align:center"|1–1 | style="text-align:center"|1–2 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ivan-zarandona-esono/62052/matches/|title=Iván Zarandona – Matches|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 March 2017}} |
References
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External links
- {{BDFutbol|4966}}
- {{Futbolme|20311}}
- {{LaPreferente|37597}}
- {{NFT player|2199}}
- {{FIFA player|206473}}
{{Equatorial Guinea squad 2015 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zarandona, Ivan}}
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