Iban Salvador

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 Polish I liga club Miedź Legnica, on loan from Primera Federación side AD Ceuta FC. Born and raised in Spain to a Spanish father and a Spanish-Equatoguinean mother, he caps for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salvador and the second or maternal family name is Edú.
Iban Salvador
Salvador in 2022
Personal information
Full name Iván Salvador Edú
Date of birth (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995
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)
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) 2 (0)
International career‡
2015– Equatorial Guinea 37 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

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 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] 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]

On 5 July 2019, Salvador signed a two-year deal with CF Fuenlabrada, newly promoted to the second division.[9]

After leaving Fuenlabrada in mid-2023, he signed with AD Ceuta FC on 10 July 2023.[10] He failed to make an appearance however, and on 12 September that year Salvador moved abroad to join Polish I liga side Miedź Legnica on a one-year deal with an option for another season.[11]

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,[12] 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.[13] A day later, he was included in Esteban Becker's 23-man list for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations held in the country,[14] and made his debut in the competition on the 17th, starting in a 1–1 draw against Congo.[15]

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,[16] eventually finishing in fourth place.

Career statistics

International
As of 12 September 2023[17]
Equatorial Guinea
YearAppsGoals
2015132
201620
201840
201930
202021
202141
202250
202341
Total375

International goals
Score and Result shows Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 January 2015Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea Gabon
2–0
2–0
2015 African Cup of Nations
2.29 March 2015Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
1–0
1–1
Friendly
3.15 November 2020Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Libya
1–0
1–0
2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.7 September 2021Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Mauritania
1–0
1–0
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.28 March 2023Obed Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown, Botswana Botswana
3–1
3–2
2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "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. "Iban Salvador, hasta 2019" [Iban Salvador, until 2019] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. "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.
  7. "Iban Salvador llega cedido" [Iban Salvador arrives on loan] (in Spanish). UCAM. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. "Iban Salvador, nuevo fichaje de la AD Ceuta". elfarodeceuta.es (in Spanish). 10 July 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  11. "Iban Salvador wzmacnia Miedź!" (in Polish). Miedź Legnica. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  12. "De Bellvitge a lnzalang'" [From Bellvitge to the 'Nzalang´] (in Catalan). L'Esportiu. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  13. "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.
  14. "2015 Nations Cup: Equatorial Guinea announce squad". BBC. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  15. "AFCON 2015: Equatorial Guinea 1 Congo 1". 17 January 2015.
  16. "Gabon 0-2 Equatorial Guinea". BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  17. "Ibán". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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