Iván Fresneda Corraliza (born 28 September 2004) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

Club career

Early career

Fresneda was born in

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, and joined

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's La Fábrica in 2014, after representing EMFO Boadilla and CF Quijorna. He left the club in 2018, and spent two years at

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

before signing for

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

in 2020.

Real Valladolid

After featuring twice with the reserves as an unused substitute, Fresneda was called up to train with the main squad by manager Pacheta in December 2021, being the first under-18 player to feature with the first team since

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in 2014. On 5 January 2022, as both Luis Pérez and Saidy Janko were unavailable, he made his professional debut with the ''Blanquivioletas'' at the age of just 17, starting in a 3–0 home loss against

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in the season's

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. Fresneda made his

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debut on 9 September 2022, replacing injured Pérez in a 2–1 away loss against

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Sporting CP

On 30 August 2023, Fresneda signed a five-year contract with

club

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

, for a fee of €9 million, which could rise to €11 million with add-ons. Real Valladolid is also owed 10% of the profit Sporting receives from a future transfer. Fresneda's release clause was set at €80 million. Fresneda made his debut for Sporting on 3 September, coming off the bench to replace

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on the final minutes of a 1–1 draw away at

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, in the Primeira Liga. On 21 September, he made his debut on European competitions, replacing

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on the 76th minute of a 2–1 victory away at

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, in the

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. From November to February 2024, he was recovering from

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Sporting CP *

: 2023–24, 2024–25 *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...

: 2024–25

References

External links

Profile
at the Real Valladolid website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fresneda, Iván 2004 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Madrid Men's association football fullbacks Primera Federación players Segunda División players La Liga players Primeira Liga players Real Valladolid Promesas players Real Valladolid players Sporting CP footballers Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal 21st-century Spanish sportsmen