Iban Salvador

Equatoguinean footballer (born 1995)

Iban Salvador
Salvador with Equatorial Guinea in 2022
Personal information
Full name Iván Salvador Edú
Date of birth (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth L'Hospitalet, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Miedź Legnica
(on loan from Ceuta)
Number 66
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)
2018–2019 Celta B 32 (10)
2019–2023 Fuenlabrada 98 (8)
2023– Ceuta 0 (0)
2023– → Miedź Legnica (loan) 6 (0)
International career‡
2015–2024 Equatorial Guinea 42 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2024

Iván Salvador Edú (born 11 December 1995), known in Spain as Iban Salvador[1] and in Africa as Iban Edú,[2] is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for I liga club Miedź Legnica, on loan from Primera Federación side Ceuta. Born in Spain, he plays for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Salvador began his career at Hospitalet, and after his first season was signed by Valencia, where he made one first-team appearance in the Copa del Rey. He achieved totals of 122 games and 11 goals in the Segunda División for Valladolid, UCAM Murcia, Cultural Leonesa and Fuenlabrada.

A full international for Equatorial Guinea since 2015, he was chosen for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, 2021 and 2023, helping the team to fourth place in the first of those tournaments.

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 in 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] He made his only first-team appearance on 10 February 2016 in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey at home to FC Barcelona; both teams made changes due to the visitors' 7–0 win in the first leg, with him coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Fran Villalba.[5]

On 20 July 2016, Salvador signed a three-year contract with Segunda División side Real Valladolid, with Valencia retaining a buy-back clause.[6] He made his professional debut on 21 August, starting in a 1–0 Segunda División home win against Real Oviedo,[7] and scored his first goal in the category on 2 October, netting his team's second in a 2–3 away loss against Levante UD.[8]

On 25 January 2017, Salvador was loaned to fellow second-tier club UCAM Murcia CF until the end of the season.[9] 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.[10]

On 5 July 2019, Salvador signed a two-year deal with CF Fuenlabrada, newly promoted to the second division.[11] A year later, he extended his contract to 2023,[12] and then to 2024.[13] In 2020–21, he was the most fouled player in the top two Spanish leagues after Lionel Messi; opponents claimed this was due to his simulation, and manager José Ramón Sandoval said it was "persecution".[14]

After leaving Fuenlabrada in mid-2023, Salvador signed with AD Ceuta FC on 10 July 2023.[15] He failed to make an appearance however, and on 12 September that year he moved abroad to join Polish I liga side Miedź Legnica on a one-year deal with an option for another season.[16]

International career

Salvador's maternal grandfather was born in the then Spanish Guinea (from an area near Mongomo)[17] and arrived in Catalonia in the 1960s along with his Galician wife,[18] making him eligible to both Equatorial Guinea and Spain. On 7 January 2015, he made his full international debut for Equatorial Guinea, starting in a 1–1 friendly draw against Cape Verde.[19]

The day after his debut, Salvador was included in Esteban Becker's 23-man list for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations held on home soil.[20] He made his debut in the competition on the 17th, starting in a 1–1 draw against Congo,[21] and scored his first goal 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,[22] eventually finishing in fourth place.

Salvador scored the only goal on 15 November 2020 in a home win over Libya in 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.[23] At the finals in Cameroon, he was man of the match in group wins over Algeria and Sierra Leone, assisting Pablo Ganet for the only goal in the latter; he then scored in a last-16 penalty shootout victory against Mali.[14]

Career statistics

International

As of 30 January 2024[24]
Equatorial Guinea
Year Apps Goals
2015 12 2
2016 2 0
2018 4 0
2019 3 0
2020 2 1
2021 4 1
2022 5 0
2023 6 1
2024 4 1
Total 42 6

International goals

Score and Result shows Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 January 2015 Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea  Gabon
2–0
2–0
 2015 African Cup of Nations
2. 29 March 2015 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast  Ivory Coast
1–0
1–1
 Friendly
3. 15 November 2020 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Libya
1–0
1–0
 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4. 7 September 2021 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Mauritania
1–0
1–0
 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5. 28 March 2023 Obed Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown, Botswana  Botswana
3–1
3–2
 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6. 14 January 2024 Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast  Nigeria
1–0
1–1
 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "CAF - Competitions - Orange Africa Cup of Nations - Equatorial Guinea 2015 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Macleary, John (10 February 2016). "Valencia 1 Barcelona 1; agg 1–8: Wilfrid Kaptoum denies Gary Neville victory as Barca stroll into Copa del Rey final". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Iban Salvador, hasta 2019" [Iban Salvador, until 2019] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "El líder recupera su condición" [Leaders recover their position]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 October 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Iban Salvador llega cedido" [Iban Salvador arrives on loan] (in Spanish). UCAM. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "El CF Fuenlabrada y el Celta de Vigo llegan a un acuerdo para el traspaso de Iban Salvador" [CF Fuenlabrada and Celta de Vigo reach an agreement for the transfer of Iban Salvador] (in Spanish). CF Fuenlabrada. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  12. ^ Martínez, Sergio (18 August 2020). "Iban Salvador renueva hasta 2023" [Iban Salvador renews until 2023] (in Spanish). Fuenlabrada Noticias. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  13. ^ Buiyában Bichua, Alisol (2 August 2022). "Dos temporadas más para Iban Edu en el CF Fuenlabrada" [Two more seasons for Iban Edu in CF Fuenlabrada] (in Spanish). Ahora EG. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Iban Salvador, de la segunda española a brillar con Guinea Ecuatorial" [Iban Salvador, from the Spanish second division to shining with Equatorial Guinea] (in Spanish). Infobae. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Iban Salvador, nuevo fichaje de la AD Ceuta". elfarodeceuta.es (in Spanish). 10 July 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Iban Salvador wzmacnia Miedź!" [Iban Salvador strengthens Miedź!] (in Polish). Miedź Legnica. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Dels gratacels de Bellvitge a la Copa Àfrica".
  18. ^ "De Bellvitge a l''nzalang'" [From Bellvitge to the 'Nzalang'] (in Catalan). L'Esportiu. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  19. ^ "Hopeful tie of the Nzalang against Cape Verde". Equatorial Guinea. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  20. ^ "2015 Nations Cup: Equatorial Guinea announce squad". BBC Sport. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  21. ^ "AFCON 2015: Equatorial Guinea 1 Congo 1". 17 January 2015.
  22. ^ "Gabon 0-2 Equatorial Guinea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  23. ^ "Guinea Ecuatorial gana a Libia en el partido de vuelta en el Estadio de Malabo" [Equatorial Guinea beat Libya in second leg in Estadio de Malabo] (in Spanish). Ahora EG. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  24. ^ "Iban Salvador". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

External links

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  • Iban Salvador – FIFA competition record (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
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  • Iban Salvador at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
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