Ibán Espadas
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ibán Espadas Zubizarreta | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Tolosa, Spain | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | |||
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Ibán Espadas Zubizarreta (born 4 August 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.
Football career
Espadas was born in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa. During his career, spent mainly in the second and third divisions, he also amassed seven La Liga appearances with Real Zaragoza, all in the 2003–04 season – he had previously contributed with 18 and four goals to the Aragonese club's previous top flight promotion.
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 nearly 36.
External links
- Ibán Espadas profile at BDFutbol
- Ibán Espadas – FIFA competition record
- Ibán Espadas at Soccerway
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Tolosa
- Spanish footballers
- Basque footballers
- Association football forwards
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Bilbao Athletic footballers
- Athletic Bilbao footballers
- FC Cartagena footballers
- Recreativo de Huelva players
- Cultural Leonesa footballers
- Real Zaragoza B players
- Real Zaragoza players
- Cádiz CF players
- UD Almería players
- Ciudad de Murcia footballers
- Orihuela CF players
- Pontevedra CF footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
