Iván Zarandona

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Zarandona and the second or maternal family name is Esono.

Iván Zarandona

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Personal information
Full name	Iván Zarandona Esono
Date of birth	(1980-08-30) 30 August 1980
Place of birth	Valladolid, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Burgos
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–	Burgos	24	(0)
International career‡
1998	Spain U18	1	(1)
2003–	Equatorial Guinea	28	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 2 May 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2015

Iván Zarandona Esono (born 30 August 1980) is an Equatoguinean footballer who plays for Spanish club Burgos CF. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also operate as a central defender.

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, CD Lugo, SD Noja and Burgos CF. In the third level, he appeared in nearly 300 official matches for several teams.

International career

Zarandona played for the Spanish under-18 team 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.

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 Spanish under-21s, before switching too to Equatorial Guinea at senior level.

Club statistics

As of 17 April 2015

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mallorca	2001–02	La Liga	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
Betis B	2002–03	Segunda División B	24	1	—		—		24	1
Valladolid	2004–05	Segunda División	15	0	6	0	—		21	0
Rayo Vallecano	2005–06	Segunda División B	9	2	2	0	—		11	2
Zamora	2005–06	Segunda División B	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
Pájara Playas	2006–07	Segunda División B	19	1	0	0	1	0	20	1
	2007–08	Segunda División B	33	2	0	0	—		33	2
	Total		52	2	0	0	1	0	53	3
Leganés	2008–09	Segunda División B	28	3	0	0	2	0	30	3
	2009–10	Segunda División B	32	1	1	0	—		33	1
	Total		60	4	1	0	2	0	63	4
Jaén	2010–11	Segunda División B	32	4	1	0	—		33	4
Lugo	2011–12	Segunda División B	18	0	1	0	5	0	24	0
Noja	2012–13	Segunda División B	29	1	2	0	—		31	1
	2013–14	Segunda División B	14	1	0	0	—		14	1
	Total		43	2	2	0	—		45	2
Hong Kong Rangers	2013–14	Hong Kong First Division League	4	0	2	0	—		6	0
	2014–15	Hong Kong Premier League	6	0	4	0	—		10	0
	Total		10	0	6	0	—		16	0
Career total			265	16	20	0	8	0	293	16

External links

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