Iván Peñaranda Llauradó (born 6 March 1981) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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. After signing a contract with

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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

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Club career

Born in

Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana is a village in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ' ...

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, Catalonia, Peñaranda was brought up at

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, where he played alongside the likes of Gabri,

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. In the summer of 1998 he and his family moved to the

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, and the 17-year-old signed with local

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

, being assigned to its reserves in the

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where he played with another future Spanish international,

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; he was not, however, very successful, dealing with some injuries. In September 2000,

won the race with

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, signing the young Peñaranda for eight years. Barcelona fought for several weeks for the player's rights over him, so the transfer license was delayed, and he appeared only for the '' Primavera'', adding two first-team

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; midway through that season he returned to his country and was loaned to

Sporting de Gijón B Real Sporting de Gijón B is a Spanish football club based in Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is loca ...

, in the

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. Subsequently, Peñaranda began a series of unassuming loans: in quick succession, he appeared for

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021� ...

(one match played, missing a

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in the 89th minute with the score at 0–0),

CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team based in Sabadell, a city in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holdi ...

and

Palamós CF Palamós Club de Futbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Palamós, a town and commercial port in the ''Costa Brava'', in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in the late 19th century, it currently plays in '' Tercera Divisió ...

. 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. In the 2002–03 campaign, Peñaranda would have his first and only taste of top-level football, with

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. With the

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side eventually suffering

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relegation, his input consisted of one game – 20 minutes, in a 5–0 away loss against

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– and he returned to Spain in the summer, playing for division three's

CD Toledo Club Deportivo Toledo, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1928 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 18, holding home games at '' Estadio Salto del Caballo'', ...

. 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

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for

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and in

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with Neftchi PFK, appearing in the

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preliminary rounds with the latter. Peñaranda signed in 2006 with Ciudad de Lorca CF, in the Spanish fourth tier. He would continue his career in that level in the following years.

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