Iván Salvador’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Iván Salvador Edú (born 11 December 1995), known in Spain as Iban Salvador and in Africa as Iban Edú, is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Valladolid as a forward.
He began his career at Hospitalet, and after his first season was signed by Valencia.
A full international for Equatorial Guinea since 2015, Ibán 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 for the Segunda División B championship.

Salvador scored his first goal on 10 November, netting the last in a 5–0 away routing over AE Prat. 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. On 20 July 2016, he signed a three-year contract with Segunda División side Real Valladolid, with Valencia retaining a buy-back clause.

Salvador made his professional debut on 21 August 2016, starting in a 1–0 Segunda División home win against Real Oviedo. 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.

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

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, eventually finishing in fourth place.

Career statistics

International

As of 12 June 2016

International goals

Score and Result shows Equatorial Guinea’s goal tally first