Iván Peñaranda

Iván Peñaranda
Personal information
Full name Iván Peñaranda Llauradó[1]
Date of birth (1981-03-06) 6 March 1981[1]
Place of birth Santa Eulàlia, Spain[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Granollers
1991–1998 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Mallorca B 11 (0)
2000–2007 AC Milan 0 (0)
2001Sporting Gijón B (loan) 9 (1)
2001Granada (loan) 1 (0)
2002Sabadell (loan) 10 (0)
2002Palamós (loan) 16 (8)
2002–2003Santa Clara (loan) 1 (0)
2003–2004Toledo (loan) 24 (1)
2004Pachuca (loan)
2004Slavija (loan) 9 (1)
2005Sporting Mahonés (loan) 6 (0)
2005Vall d'Uixó (loan) 13 (5)
2005Neftçi (loan) 1 (0)
2006Burriana (loan) 2 (0)
2006–2007Calasparra (loan)
2007–2008 Ciudad Lorca 7 (2)
2008 Mataró
2009 Ronda 4 (0)
Total 114 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iván Peñaranda Llauradó (born 6 March 1981) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward.

After signing a contract with AC Milan at the age of 19, his career never developed, as he played for mostly in the lower leagues of his country – which included spells in amateur football – and abroad. In Spain, he played in four different divisions, but never in La Liga.

Career

Born in Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana, Barcelona, Catalonia, Peñaranda was brought up at FC Barcelona, where he played alongside the likes of Gabri, Gerard or Carles Puyol. In the summer of 1998 he and his family moved to the Balearic Islands, and the 17-year-old joined local RCD Mallorca, being assigned to its reserves in the Segunda División where he shared teams with another future Spanish international, Diego Tristán.[2]

In September 2000, AC Milan won the race with Real Madrid and signed Peñaranda to an eight-year contract.[3] Barcelona fought for the player's rights as well, so the transfer licence was delayed, and he appeared only for the Primavera, adding two first-team friendlies; midway through that season, he returned to his country and was loaned to Sporting de Gijón B of Segunda División B.[4]

Subsequently, Peñaranda began a series of unassuming loans: in quick succession, he represented Granada CF (one appearance, missing a penalty in the 89th minute with the score at 0–0), CE Sabadell FC[5] and Palamós CF. He was brought to the last club as an emerging star by owner/manager Dmitry Pietrman, with the pair quickly feuding, which led to the player's release.[6][7]

Peñaranda would have his only taste of top-flight football in the 2002–03 campaign, with Portugal's C.D. Santa Clara.[8] With the Azores side eventually suffering Primeira Liga relegation, his input consisted of one game – 20 minutes, in a 5–0 away loss against Vitória de Guimarães[9]– and he returned to Spain afterwards, joining third-tier CD Toledo.[10]

From there onwards, Peñaranda's career went downhill as he never settled in a team and often changed countries, until his definite release by Milan in June 2006: abroad, he played in Mexico for C.F. Pachuca, Bosnia and Herzegovina with FK Slavija Sarajevo[11] and Azerbaijan for Neftçi PFK.

Peñaranda moved to Ciudad de Lorca CF in the Tercera División in 2007.[12] He continued competing at that level the following seasons.[13][14][15][16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Iván Peñaranda at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Aguiló, Ángel (11 May 1999). "El Mallorca B sufre para salir de abajo" [Mallorca B suffer to leave bottom part of table]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ^ Aguilar, Àxel (13 September 2000). "Iván, un 'culé' para el Milan" [Iván, a 'culé' for Milan]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Llega un 'rossonero' a Gijón" [A 'rossonero' arrives in Gijón]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 23 January 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  5. ^ Sánchez, Jordi (26 February 2002). "El Sabadell, al filo del abismo" [Sabadell, nearing the abyss]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  6. ^ "El Palamós tanca la plantilla per la temporada que vé" [Palamós complete squad for the next season] (in Catalan). Ràdio Palamós. 17 July 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Avui es juga l'Oriola-Palamós, de la Copa del Rei" [Today we play Orihuela-Palamós, in the King's Cup.] (in Catalan). Ràdio Palamós. 28 August 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Ivan Peñaranda reforça ataque" [Ivan Peñaranda bolsters offence]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 August 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  9. ^ Neves, Marcelo (7 October 2002). "Santa Clara frente ao V. Guimarães" [Santa Clara against V. Guimarães]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  10. ^ "El Toledo fue víctima de sus propios errores y no pudo con el Fuenlabrada" [Toledo fell victim to their own mistakes and could not handle Fuenlabrada]. ABC (in Spanish). 22 September 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Sezona 2004–2005" [2004–2005 season (player addressed to as Ivan Andan)] (in Bosnian). Sport Sport. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Otro atacante por el CE Mataró" [Another forward for CE Mataró] (in Spanish). Capgròs. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  13. ^ López, José Félix (1 February 2006). "El C.D. Burriana se refuerza en el mercado de invierno" [C.D. Burriana strengthen in winter market]. El Periòdic (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Peñaranda al Mataró" [Peñaranda to Mataró]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 10 October 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Vuelven a casa" [They return home]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 March 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  16. ^ Rosety, Manuel (9 June 2024). "La eclosión de Villa en Mareo" [Villa explodes at Mareo]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2025.