Iván Bolado Palacios (born 3 July 1989) is an

Equatoguinean Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

retired

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Born in

Santander Santander may refer to: Places * Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain * Santander Department, a department of Colombia * Santander State, former state of Colombia * Santander de Quilichao, a m ...

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

, Bolado made his professional debut with hometown club

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syst ...

's first team in 2007–08 and scored three league goals during the season, one of them in the dying minutes of the final matchday as the team defeated

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1–0 at home to secure a first-ever

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to the

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. His

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debut came on 26 August 2007, in a 0–0 home draw against

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. In August 2008, Bolado was loaned for a season to

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club

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, with a clause which permitted his return to Racing in the January

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if requested. He returned to the

ns in June 2009, going on to spend the vast majority of the 2009–10 campaign in the sidelines, with a severe knee injury he sustained in pre-season. In one of his first games upon his return to action, Bolado netted twice – once through a

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– but Racing lost 3–4 at Athletic Bilbao on 29 March 2010. In

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, barred by the likes of Ariel Nahuelpan and

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(and

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from January 2011 onwards), he could only appear in 19 games (seven starts, 728 minutes of action, one goal, again against the Basques and in another away defeat (1–2)). In February 2012, after starting off with

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 spe ...

in the second level, Bolado moved to

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and signed with

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. In only his first match, a 0–2 away defeat against

PSFC Chernomorets Burgas PSFC Chernomorets Burgas ( bg, ПСФК Черноморец Бургас) or simply Chernomorets ( bg, Черноморец) was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. The club never won any major competition, its most notable achi ...

, he tore the ligaments in his knee and missed the rest of the season. Bolado had fully recovered from his injury by mid-September 2012. In March 2014 he returned to his country of birth, joining

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from Segunda División B. In the summer of 2014, Bolado joined

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in the newly formed

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International career

Born to a mixed-race

father of Cantabrian and Fang descent, Bolado was called by the Equatorial Guinea team for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations tournament. He made his debut on 6 January 2012, in a friendly with

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Club statistics

Honours

Spain U20 * Mediterranean Games: 2009

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolado, Ivan 1989 births Living people Spanish sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent Equatoguinean sportspeople of Spanish descent Footballers from Santander, Spain Spanish men's footballers Equatoguinean men's footballers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Rayo Cantabria players Racing de Santander players Elche CF players FC Cartagena footballers Real Avilés CF footballers Deportivo Rayo Cantabria players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC CSKA Sofia players Indian Super League players FC Pune City players Spain men's youth international footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers Equatorial Guinea men's international footballers 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in football Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Spanish expatriate men's footballers Equatoguinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India Equatoguinean expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Equatoguinean expatriate sportspeople in India 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people 21st-century Equatoguinean people