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Iván Zarandona
	Zarandona with Hong Kong Rangers in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Iván Zarandona Esono
Date of birth	30 August 1980 (age 44)
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
1999–2000	Mallorca B
2000–2001	Ferriolense
2001–2002	Mallorca B
2002–2003	Betis B
2003–2004	Caravaca
2004–2005	Valladolid
2005	Rayo Vallecano
2006	Zamora
2006	Murcia B
2006	Los Palacios
2007–2008	Pájara Playas
2008–2010	Leganés
2010–2011	Jaén
2011–2012	Lugo
2012–2013	Noja
2014–2015	Hong Kong Rangers
2015–2016	Burgos
2016–2017	Palencia
2017	Atlético Astorga
2017–2019	Tropezón
Total
International career
1998	Spain U18
2003–2017	Equatorial Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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

Born in Spain, Zarandona was a member of the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Club career

Born in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain, Zarandona spent the vast majority of his career in the lower leagues of that country, having a Segunda División stint with Real Valladolid in the 2004–05 season where he played less than half of the games.^[1]

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,^[2] CD Lugo, SD Noja and Burgos CF.^[1] In the Segunda División B, he totalled 309 matches for several teams.^[3]

International career

Zarandona played for the Spain under-18 team^[4] but, in June 2003, FIFA allowed him to change his national association. This rule originally applied only for under-21 players not yet capped for 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.^[5]

Personal life

Zarandona's father was 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 Equatorial Guinea at senior level.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 April 2015

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mallorca	2001–02^[7]	La Liga	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
Betis B	2002–03^[7]	Segunda División B	24	1	—		—		24	1
Valladolid	2004–05^[7]	Segunda División	15	0	6	0	—		21	0
Rayo Vallecano	2005–06^[7]	Segunda División B	9	2	2	0	—		11	2
Zamora	2005–06^[7]	Segunda División B	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
Pájara Playas	2006–07^[7]	Segunda División B	19	1	0	0	1^[a]	0	20	1
	2007–08^[7]	Segunda División B	33	2	0	0	—		33	2
	Total		52	2	0	0	1	0	53	3
Leganés	2008–09^[7]	Segunda División B	28	3	0	0	2^[b]	0	30	3
	2009–10^[7]	Segunda División B	32	1	1	0	—		33	1
	Total		60	4	1	0	2	0	63	4
Jaén	2010–11^[7]	Segunda División B	32	4	1	0	—		33	4
Lugo	2011–12^[7]	Segunda División B	18	0	1	0	5^[b]	0	24	0
Noja	2012–13^[7]	Segunda División B	29	1	2	0	—		31	1
	2013–14^[7]	Segunda División B	14	1	0	0	—		14	1
	Total		43	2	2	0	—		45	2
Hong Kong Rangers	2013–14^[8]	Hong Kong First Division League	4	0	2	0	—		6	0
	2014–15^[8]	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