Ibán Espadas
Spanish footballer
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Ibán Espadas Zubizarreta (born 4 August 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ibán Espadas Zubizarreta[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1978[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tolosa, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Athletic Bilbao | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Bilbao Athletic | 53 | (5) |
| 1999–2000 | Cartagena | 44 | (6) |
| 2000–2001 | Recreativo | 6 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Cultural Leonesa (loan) | 34 | (8) |
| 2001–2003 | Zaragoza B | 39 | (15) |
| 2002–2005 | Zaragoza | 25 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | → Cádiz (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | → Almería (loan) | 37 | (5) |
| 2005–2006 | Ciudad Murcia | 19 | (1) |
| 2006–2009 | Orihuela | 68 | (22) |
| 2009–2011 | Pontevedra | 62 | (12) |
| 2011–2012 | Orihuela | 25 | (14) |
| 2012–2014 | Arroyo | 36 | (7) |
| Total | 464 | (103) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Spain U16 | 7 | (1) |
| 1995 | Spain U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Spain U18 | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Across the two major levels of Spanish football, he appeared in 104 games and scored 14 goals over nine seasons. In La Liga, he represented Zaragoza.
Club career
Espadas was born in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa. During his career, spent mainly in the second and third divisions, he also made seven La Liga appearances with Real Zaragoza, all in the 2003–04 season – he had previously contributed 18 and four goals to the Aragonese club's previous top-flight promotion.[2]
An unsuccessful Athletic Bilbao youth graduate, Espadas also represented FC Cartagena, Recreativo de Huelva, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Zaragoza B, Cádiz CF, UD Almería, Ciudad de Murcia, Orihuela CF (two spells), Pontevedra CF and Arroyo CP. He retired in June 2014, at the age of 35.[3]
