Iván Crespo

Iván Crespo
Personal information
Full name	Iván Crespo Secunza
Date of birth	10 December 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth	Santander, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Gimnástica de Torrelavega
Number	1
Youth career
	Tropezón
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2005	Tropezón
2005–2006	Murcia B
2006–2007	Águilas
2007–2008	Lorca Deportiva
2008	Lucena
2008–2009	Tropezón
2009–2012	Gimnástica
2012–2013	Mirandés
2013–2014	Alavés
2014–2015	Murcia
2015–2016	Lleida Esportiu
2016–2021	Racing Santander
2021–2022	Algeciras
2022–2023	Sestao River
2024–	Gimnástica de Torrelavega
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024

Iván Crespo Secunza (born 10 December 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Gimnástica de Torrelavega as a goalkeeper.

He played 12 Segunda División matches for Alavés, but spent most of his career in Segunda División B, making over 300 appearances in service of seven clubs.

Club career

Born in Santander, Cantabria, Crespo made his senior debut with local Racing de Santander's C-team CD Tropezón. He played mostly in the Segunda División B but also in the Tercera División in his early years as a senior, representing Real Murcia Imperial, Águilas CF, Lorca Deportiva CF,^[1] Lucena CF and Gimnástica de Torrelavega.^[2]

On 5 July 2012, Crespo signed with CD Mirandés, recently promoted to the Segunda División.^[3] On 11 September he appeared in his first professional match, a 2–0 home win against Recreativo de Huelva for that season's Copa del Rey.^[4]

On 2 January 2013, Crespo joined third division club Deportivo Alavés.^[5] He finished his debut campaign with 20 appearances (playoffs included) as the Basque side returned to division two after four years, playing 12 matches in his second where he acted mainly as a backup to new signing Iñaki Goitia.^[6]

On 29 August 2014, Crespo moved to Real Murcia also in the third tier.^[7] On 17 June of the following year, he joined Lleida Esportiu of the same league,^[8] conceding 20 goals in his only season with the Catalans – best in the group.

Crespo returned to Racing on a two-year deal on 8 August 2016,^[9] and repeated his previous year's feat as the team qualified for the play-offs.^[10]

References

^ El Lorca se refuerza con Verdejo, Iván Crespo y Azparren (Lorca bolster squad with Verdejo, Iván Crespo and Azparren); La Verdad, 18 July 2007 (in Spanish)
^ La Gimnástica presenta a Iván Crespo y Dani Cobo (Gimnástica present Iván Crespo and Dani Cobo); El Diario Montañés, 22 July 2009 (in Spanish)
^ El Mirandés ficha al guardameta Iván Crespo (Mirandés sign goalkeeper Iván Crespo); Marca, 5 July 2012 (in Spanish)
^ El Mirandés toma la medida a la Copa (Mirandés get balance in Cup); Marca, 11 September 2012 (in Spanish)
^ El Alavés cierra el fichaje del portero Iván Crespo (Alavés complete signing of goalkeeper Iván Crespo) Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Deportivo Alavés, 2 January 2013 (in Spanish)
^ "Las dudas de Goitia abren la opción de Crespo en la portería" [Goitia's doubts make way for Crespo alternative in goal] (in Spanish). Noticias de Álava. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ Iván Crespo, una cara conocida para el Real Murcia (Iván Crespo, a familiar face for Real Murcia) Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Real Murcia, 29 August 2014 (in Spanish)
^ Iván Crespo sustituye a Pau Torres en el Lleida Esportiu (Iván Crespo replaces Pau Torres at Lleida Esportiu); Vavel, 17 June 2015 (in Spanish)
^ "Racing de Santander incorpora a Iván Crespo, procedente del Lleida Esportiu" [Racing de Santander bring in Iván Crespo from Lleida Esportiu] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
^ "Crespo: Vine para ascender y mi objetivo es jugar en Segunda con el Racing" [Crespo: I came here to earn promotion and my objective is to play in Segunda with Racing] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

External links

Iván Crespo at BDFutbol
Iván Crespo at Soccerway
Iván Crespo at AS.com (in Spanish)
Iván Crespo at FBref.com

[1] El Lorca se refuerza con Verdejo, Iván Crespo y Azparren (Lorca bolster squad with Verdejo, Iván Crespo and Azparren); La Verdad, 18 July 2007 (in Spanish)

[2] La Gimnástica presenta a Iván Crespo y Dani Cobo (Gimnástica present Iván Crespo and Dani Cobo); El Diario Montañés, 22 July 2009 (in Spanish)

[3] El Mirandés ficha al guardameta Iván Crespo (Mirandés sign goalkeeper Iván Crespo); Marca, 5 July 2012 (in Spanish)

[4] El Mirandés toma la medida a la Copa (Mirandés get balance in Cup); Marca, 11 September 2012 (in Spanish)

[5] El Alavés cierra el fichaje del portero Iván Crespo (Alavés complete signing of goalkeeper Iván Crespo) Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Deportivo Alavés, 2 January 2013 (in Spanish)

[6] "Las dudas de Goitia abren la opción de Crespo en la portería" [Goitia's doubts make way for Crespo alternative in goal] (in Spanish). Noticias de Álava. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[7] Iván Crespo, una cara conocida para el Real Murcia (Iván Crespo, a familiar face for Real Murcia) Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Real Murcia, 29 August 2014 (in Spanish)

[8] Iván Crespo sustituye a Pau Torres en el Lleida Esportiu (Iván Crespo replaces Pau Torres at Lleida Esportiu); Vavel, 17 June 2015 (in Spanish)

[9] "Racing de Santander incorpora a Iván Crespo, procedente del Lleida Esportiu" [Racing de Santander bring in Iván Crespo from Lleida Esportiu] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

[10] "Crespo: Vine para ascender y mi objetivo es jugar en Segunda con el Racing" [Crespo: I came here to earn promotion and my objective is to play in Segunda with Racing] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

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