Iban Salvador
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Iván Salvador Edú | ||
Date of birth | 11 December 1995 | ||
Place of birth | L'Hospitalet, Spain | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Celta B | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2013 | Hospitalet | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Hospitalet | 20 | (5) |
2014–2016 | Valencia B | 55 | (8) |
2016–2018 | Valladolid | 24 | (4) |
2017 | → UCAM Murcia (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2018 | → Cultural Leonesa (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2018– | Celta B | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | Equatorial Guinea | 13 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2016 |
Template:Spanish name Iván Salvador Edú (born 11 December 1995), known in Spain as Iban Salvador[1] and in Africa as Iban Edú,[2] is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Celta de Vigo B as a forward.
Salvador began his career at Hospitalet, and after his first season was signed by Valencia. A full international for Equatorial Guinea since 2015, he was part of their squad which came fourth at that year's Africa Cup of Nations.
Club career
Born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Salvador joined hometown club 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.[3]
Salvador scored his first goal on 10 November, netting the last in a 5–0 away routing over AE Prat.[4] He finished the campaign with 26 appearances and five goals, as his side missed out on promotion in the play-offs.
On 4 August 2014 Salvador joined Valencia CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the third level.[1] On 20 July 2016, he signed a three-year contract with Segunda División side Real Valladolid, with Valencia retaining a buy-back clause.[5]
Salvador made his professional debut on 21 August 2016, starting in a 1–0 Segunda División home win against Real Oviedo.[6] He scored his first goal in the category on 2 October, netting his team's second in a 2–3 away loss against Levante UD.
On 25 January 2017, Salvador was loaned to fellow second tier club UCAM Murcia CF until the end of the season.[7] On 10 July 2018, after a six-month loan deal at Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, he moved to Celta de Vigo B in the third division after agreeing to a three-year contract.[8]
International career
Ibán's maternal grandfather was born in the then Spanish Guinea and arrived in Catalonia in the 1960s along with his Galician wife,[9] 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.[10] A day later, he was included in Esteban Becker's 23-man list for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations held in the country,[11] and made his debut in the competition on the 17th, starting in a 1–1 draw against Congo.[12]
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,[13] eventually finishing in fourth place.
Career statistics
International
- As of 12 June 2016[14]
Equatorial Guinea | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2015 | 11 | 2 |
2016 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 13 | 2 |
International goals
- Score and Result shows Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 25 January 2015 | Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea | ![]() |
2015 African Cup of Nations | ||
2. | 29 March 2015 | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ![]() |
Friendly |
References
- ^ a b "Iban Salvador refuerza la delantera del Mestalla" [Iban Salvador bolsters Valencia Mestalla's attack] (in Spanish). Superdeporte. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "CAF - Competitions - Orange Africa Cup of Nations - Equatorial Guinea 2015 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Iban Salvador, hasta 2019" [Iban Salvador, until 2019] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "El Valladolid debuta con victoria ante un Oviedo muy peleón" [Valladolid debut with victory against a very combative Oviedo] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Iban Salvador llega cedido" [Iban Salvador arrives on loan] (in Spanish). UCAM. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "El Celta B incorpora al delantero internacional con Guinea Ibán Salvador" [Celta B sign international forward with Guinea Ibán Salvador] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "De Bellvitge a lnzalang'" [From Bellvitge to the `Nzalang´] (in Catalan). L'Esportiu. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Hopeful tie of the Nzalang against Cape Verde". Equatorial Guinea. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "2015 Nations Cup: Equatorial Guinea announce squad". BBC. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Gabon 0-2 Equatorial Guinea". BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Ibán". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
External links
- Iban Salvador at BDFutbol
- Iban Salvador – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Iban Salvador at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Iban Salvador at National-Football-Teams.com
- Iban Salvador at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
- Spanish people of Equatoguinean descent
- Equatoguinean people of Spanish descent
- Equatoguinean people of Catalan descent
- Spanish people of Galician descent
- Spanish footballers
- Catalan footballers
- Equatoguinean footballers
- Association football forwards
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- CE L'Hospitalet players
- Valencia CF Mestalla footballers
- Real Valladolid players
- UCAM Murcia CF players
- Cultural Leonesa footballers
- Equatoguinean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Equatorial Guinea international footballers
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players