Marcano Ivan is a Spanish football player of the Portuguese club Porto. He plays as a central defender. In his current club, he is used by the head coach of the Dragons as a player for the rotation of the first team, mainly remaining on the bench. Game number - 4.
Early years
Ivan Marcano Sierro is a native of the Spanish Santander. He also started playing football in his hometown, in the youth team of Racing. At the age of nineteen, the defender made his debut in La Liga for the main team of the Santaderans, but from 2006 to 2009, Ivan still played more often for the double. There is an opinion that an injury prevented a potential strong player from revealing himself, so Marcano managed to demonstrate a high-quality game only in the last season as part of the Green-Whites.
Transfer to Villarreal
However, this was enough to draw attention to the defender in a club that regularly plays in the Europa League. Marcano Ivan signed a contract with the Spanish"Villarreal" for six years and at first even managed to gain a foothold at the base of the "yellow submarine", but a series of unsuccessful matches played by the defender led to the fact that he was replaced for a long time by the young Argentine footballer Musacchio. The latter, ironically, is also a graduate of the Santadera "Racing". In 2009, Ivan played his first and only match for the youth team of the country, but after that he was no longer called up to the national team.
Roaming the leases and moving to Rubin
Failing as a result of the debut season in Villarreal, Marcano Ivan went to prove his professional suitability as part of the outsider of the Spanish La Liga - Getafe. The Valencians were just experiencing an acute shortage of defensive players, so Marcano easily staked out a place in the center of defense for himself. In that season, the footballer managed to score once, and his team secured the right to stay in the elite division next season only in the last rounds.
The next season, Ivan went on loan again. This time to the Greek Olympiacos, where the Spaniard again had a good season. By the way, Marcano will spend another football year in Piraeus, again on loan, but already as a player of Rubin Kazan. In the Russian Premier League, the Spaniard also played in his usual role - a defender.
"Rubin", Ivan Marcano and the player's agent signed a contract in the summer of 2012. The transfer amount was 5 million euros. It's a paradox, but the very first match in the "burgundy" brought the Spaniard the won trophy - in the matchfor the Super Cup of Russia with a score of 2:0 was beaten by St. Petersburg "Zenith".
For two seasons, Marcano became the undisputed player of Kazan's base and, I must say, scored a lot, especially considering the role of the Spanish football player. So, for example, in a burgundy T-shirt, Ivan hit the gates of Chelsea and the Belgian club Zulte Waregem as part of the Europa League.
The success of the defender in the Russian Premier League forced the attention of the more eminent Porto, with whom the defender signed a contract in 2014, to attract attention. Marcano has been playing for the Dragons for the third consecutive season, content, however, with the status of a player in the team's nearest reserve.
Achievements
The most successful period of the Spanish defender's career can be called the time spent in Getafe. In 28 matches for the "citizens" he distinguished himself four times with goals against opponents, and at the end of the season he helped the Valencians maintain their residence in La Liga.
However, if you look at the number of titles won by the Spaniard, most of them are on loan to the Piraeus Olympiacos. It was in Greece that Marcano Ivan won the local championship twice and once again won the national Cup of the country.
Also in 2012, the defender won the Russian Super Cup with Rubin Kazan.
