Iván Crespo Secunza (born 10 December 1984) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played 12 Segunda División matches for Alavés, but spent most of his career in Segunda División B, making over 300 appearances in service of seven clubs.
Club career Born in Santander, Cantabria, Crespo made his senior debut with local Racing de Santander's C-team CD Tropezón. He played mostly in the Segunda División B but also in the Tercera División in his early years as a senior, representing Real Murcia Imperial, Águilas CF, Lorca Deportiva CF,El Lorca se refuerza con Verdejo, Iván Crespo y Azparren (Lorca bolster squad with Verdejo, Iván Crespo and Azparren); La Verdad, 18 July 2007 (in Spanish) Lucena CF and Gimnástica de Torrelavega.La Gimnástica presenta a Iván Crespo y Dani Cobo (Gimnástica present Iván Crespo and Dani Cobo); El Diario Montañés, 22 July 2009 (in Spanish)
On 5 July 2012, Crespo signed with CD Mirandés, recently promoted to the Segunda División.El Mirandés ficha al guardameta Iván Crespo (Mirandés sign goalkeeper Iván Crespo); Marca, 5 July 2012 (in Spanish) On 11 September he appeared in his first professional match, a 2–0 home win against Recreativo de Huelva for that season's Copa del Rey.El Mirandés toma la medida a la Copa (Mirandés get balance in Cup); Marca, 11 September 2012 (in Spanish)
On 2 January 2013, Crespo joined third division club Deportivo Alavés.El Alavés cierra el fichaje del portero Iván Crespo (Alavés complete signing of goalkeeper Iván Crespo) ; Deportivo Alavés, 2 January 2013 (in Spanish) He finished his debut campaign with 20 appearances (playoffs included) as the Basque side returned to division two after four years, playing 12 matches in his second where he acted mainly as a backup to new signing Iñaki Goitia.
On 29 August 2014, Crespo moved to Real Murcia also in the third tier.Iván Crespo, una cara conocida para el Real Murcia (Iván Crespo, a familiar face for Real Murcia) ; Real Murcia, 29 August 2014 (in Spanish) On 17 June of the following year, he joined Lleida Esportiu of the same league,Iván Crespo sustituye a Pau Torres en el Lleida Esportiu (Iván Crespo replaces Pau Torres at Lleida Esportiu); Vavel, 17 June 2015 (in Spanish) conceding 20 goals in his only season with the Catalans – best in the group.
Crespo returned to Racing on a two-year deal on 8 August 2016, and repeated his previous year's feat as the team qualified for the play-offs.
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