Iván Ania Cadavieco (born 24 October 1977) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger, currently manager of Córdoba CF.
He spent most of his career with Real Oviedo, totalling 201 appearances and scoring 16 goals. In La Liga, where he also represented Tenerife and Cádiz, he played 193 games and scored 15 times.[2]
Ania scored his first professional goal on 8 November 1995, equalising an eventual 4–1 home victory over CA Osasuna in the second round of the Copa del Rey.[4] He was definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the 1997–98 season,[2] previously netting for the first time in league on 12 May 1996 in the 4–0 away defeat of Deportivo de La Coruña.[5]
Ania scored a career-best five goals in the 2000–01 campaign, but Oviedo were relegated as third-bottom.[2] On 17 September 2001, he signed a four-year contract with CD Tenerife in the top division, for a fee of 400 million pesetas.[6] He suffered another relegation in his first year,[2] and spent the first half of 2003–04 unemployed before joining Rayo Vallecano on loan.[7]
In October 2008, after more than a year without a club, Ania signed for Tercera División side CD Covadonga.[10] He returned to Oviedo on 28 June 2009, with the club now in the Segunda División B,[11] and retired in 2010 aged 32.[9]
After retiring, Ania played in the Liga de Fútbol Indoor with Oviedo before being appointed manager of Covadonga on 8 December 2011.[14] He left on 21 June 2013,[15] and returned to the former on 18 November at the helm of the B team.[16]
On 17 May 2018, after narrowly missing out a play-off spot, Ania left Villanovense[20] and was appointed at Racing de Santander also in the third division.[21] He led the club to promotion at the end of the season, but was dismissed on 11 November 2019.[22]
On 21 June 2021, Ania joined Algeciras CF of Primera División RFEF, signing a four-year contract.[23] He departed on 27 June 2023,[24] and took over Córdoba CF the following day.[25] In his debut campaign in charge, he returned the Andalusians to the professional leagues after five years; his last experience there had also been in 2019, with Racing.[26][27]
^Martínez, Miguel (9 November 1995). "Recital del Oviedo y golazo de Carlos" [Oviedo recital and Carlos wonder goal]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
^Ríos, Xoan (13 May 1996). "El Depor se autodespide de Europa" [Depor say goodbye to Europe by themselves]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
^Reyes, J.; Márquez, R. (18 September 2001). "Iván Ania, fichado en el último sprint" [Iván Ania, signed in the nick of time]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2024.