Iván López Álvarez (born 29 June 1994), commonly known as Ivi, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish club Raków Częstochowa.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Iván López Álvarez | ||
Date of birth | (1994-06-29) 29 June 1994 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Raków Częstochowa | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Getafe | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Getafe B | 64 | (11) |
2014–2015 | Getafe | 9 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Sevilla B | 73 | (23) |
2017–2020 | Levante | 29 | (4) |
2018–2019 | → Valladolid (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2019 | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Huesca (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2020 | → Ponferradina (loan) | 14 | (3) |
2020– | Raków Częstochowa | 71 | (34) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:47, 23 October 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Madrid, Ivi finished his youth career with local Getafe CF. On 24 February 2013, still a junior, he made his senior debut, coming on as a late substitute for the reserves in a 2–0 home win against Zamora CF in the Segunda División B.[1]
Ivi started the 2013–14 season still with the B-team and in the third division, notably scoring twice in a 3–0 away victory over Real Unión.[2] On 27 March 2014, he made his main squad and La Liga debut, replacing Pablo Sarabia for the final 20 minutes of an eventual 0–1 home loss to Villarreal CF.[3]
On 16 June 2015, Ivi signed a three-year deal with another reserve team, Sevilla Atlético also in the third tier.[4] On 8 October of the following year he scored his first professional goals, netting a brace in a 2–1 home defeat of Real Zaragoza.[5]
On 7 August 2017, Ivi agreed to a four-year contract with top-flight club Levante UD for a reported fee of €1.5 million.[6] He scored his first goal for them on 26 August, through a penalty kick in a 2–2 home draw against Deportivo de La Coruña,[7] and repeated the feat on 9 September to help to a 1–1 draw at title holders Real Madrid.[8]
Ivi was loaned to fellow league side Real Valladolid on 27 July 2018, for one year.[9] The following 31 January, he signed with Sporting de Gijón of division two also in a temporary deal.[10]
On 13 August 2019, Ivi joined SD Huesca on loan for the second-tier season.[11] The following 16 January, however, he left[12] and moved to fellow league team SD Ponferradina just hours later also on loan.[13]
Ivi terminated his contract with Levante on 28 August 2020,[14] and joined Polish side Raków Częstochowa four days later.[15] He helped them win the Polish Cup in his first season, equalising the 2–1 final victory over Arka Gdynia.[16][17]
On 17 July 2021, Ivi converted his attempt in Raków's penalty shootout victory against reigning Ekstraklasa champions Legia Warsaw in the Polish Super Cup.[18] The following 2 May, he scored in the final of the domestic cup to help defeat Lech Poznań 3–1 and secure a second consecutive conquest of the tournament.[19]
Club | Season | League | Polish Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Raków Częstochowa | 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 9 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 31 | 13 | ||
2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 32 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 45 | 22 | |
2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
Career total | 61 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 39 |
Huesca
Raków Częstochowa
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