Iván Zarandona Esono (born 30 August 1980) is an Equatorial Guinean former footballer and a sports agent. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he also operated as a central defender.

Iván Zarandona

Personal information
Full name	Iván Zarandona Esono
Date of birth	(1980-08-30) 30 August 1980 (age 42)
Place of birth	Valladolid, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
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)
2016–2017	Palencia	14	(0)
2017	Atlético Astorga	14	(1)
2017–2019	Tropezón	69	(16)
Total		417+	(35+)
National team
1998	Spain U18	1	(1)
2003–2017	Equatorial Guinea	35	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He spent the better part of his career in Spain, representing Valladolid at the professional level.

Zarandona was a member of the Equatorial Guinea national team.

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 Spain 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]

International goals

As of 12 June 2016 (Equatorial Guinea score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zarandona goal)[5]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 June 2016	Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin	Benin	1–1	1–2	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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 Spain under-21 team, before switching to the Equatorial Guinea at senior level.[6]

Club statistics

As of 17 April 2015

References

External links

• Iván Zarandona at BDFutbol
• Iván Zarandona at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Iván Zarandona at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
• HKFA profile
• Iván Zarandona at National-Football-Teams.com
• Iván Zarandona – FIFA competition record (archived)

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