Ivi (footballer)

Iván López Álvarez (born 29 June 1994), commonly known as Ivi, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Polish club Raków Częstochowa.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.
Ivi
Personal information
Full name Iván López Álvarez
Date of birth (1994-06-29) 29 June 1994
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Raków Częstochowa
Number 11
Youth career
Getafe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Getafe B 64 (11)
2014–2015 Getafe 9 (0)
2015–2017 Sevilla B 73 (23)
2017–2020 Levante 29 (4)
2018–2019 → Valladolid (loan) 3 (0)
2019 → Sporting Gijón (loan) 7 (0)
2019–2020 → Huesca (loan) 7 (1)
2020 → Ponferradina (loan) 14 (3)
2020– Raków Częstochowa 11 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 November 2020

Club career

Born in Madrid, Ivi finished his youth career with local Getafe CF. On 24 February 2013, still a junior, he made his senior debut, coming on as a late substitute for the reserves in a 2–0 home win against Zamora CF for the Segunda División B.[1]

Ivi started the 2013–14 season still with the B-team and in the third level, notably scoring twice in a 3–0 away victory over Real Unión.[2] On 27 March 2014, he made his main squad and La Liga debut, replacing Pablo Sarabia for the final 20 minutes of an eventual 0–1 home loss to Villarreal CF.[3]

On 16 June 2015, Ivi signed a three-year deal with another reserve team, Sevilla Atlético also in the third division.[4] On 8 October of the following year he scored his first professional goals, netting a brace in a 2–1 home defeat of Real Zaragoza.[5]

On 7 August 2017, Ivi agreed to a four-year contract with top-flight club Levante UD for a reported fee of €1.5 million.[6] He scored his first goal for them on 26 August, through a penalty kick in a 2–2 home draw against Deportivo de La Coruña,[7] and repeated the feat on 9 September to help to a 1–1 draw at title holders Real Madrid.[8]

On 27 July 2018, Ivi was loaned to fellow league side Real Valladolid for one year.[9] The following 31 January, he signed with Sporting de Gijón of division two also in a temporary deal.[10]

On 13 August 2019, Ivi joined SD Huesca on loan for the second tier season.[11] The following 16 January, however, he left[12] and moved to fellow league team SD Ponferradina just hours later also on loan.[13]

On 28 August 2020, Ivi terminated his contract with Levante,[14] and joined Polish side Raków Częstochowa four days later.[15]

References
  1. Martín, Jorge (24 February 2013). "Getafe CF B 2–0 CF Zamora: los madrileños se toman un respiro" [Getafe CF B 2–0 CF Zamora: Madrilenians take a breather] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. "El Real Unión se derrumba ante el Getafe B" [Real Unión collapse against Getafe B]. Noticias de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish). 27 October 2013. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. "Perbet revives Villarreal Euro bid". ESPN FC. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. "El atacante Iván López 'Ivi' firma por tres temporadas procedente del Getafe" [Forward Iván López 'Ivi' signs for three seasons from Getafe] (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. Ferrer, Pedro Luis (8 October 2016). "El Zaragoza prosigue con su caída: esta vez en Sevilla" [Zaragoza keep on falling: this time in Seville]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  6. "Oficial: Ivi López es nuevo futbolista del Levante" [Official: Ivi López is the new footballer of Levante]. Marca (in Spanish). 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  7. Valero, Adrián (26 August 2017). "El Levante rescata un punto con polémica" [Levante rescue a point with controversy]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  8. "Real Madrid 1–1 Levante". BBC Sport. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  9. Vidagan, Jaume (27 July 2018). "Ivi se marcha cedido al Real Valladolid" [Ivi moves on loan to Valladolid]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  10. "Oficial: Ivi López ya es del Sporting" [Official: Ivi López already belongs to Sporting] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  11. "Levante UD y SD Huesca pactan la cesión de Ivi" [Levante UD and SD Huesca agree the loan of Ivi] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  12. "Acuerdo para la desvinculación de Ivi López" [Agreement for the rescision of Ivi López] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  13. "Ivi López se une a la plantilla de la SD Ponferradina" [Ivi López joins SD Ponferradina squad] (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  14. "Ivi López se desvincula del Levante UD" [Ivi López leaves Levante UD] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  15. "Ivi Lopez w Rakowie Częstochowa" [Ivi Lopez in Raków Częstochowa] (in Polish). Polsat Sport. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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