Salvador Ballesta

Personal information
Salva Ballesta

Full name	Salvador Ballesta Vialco
Date of birth	May 25, 1975 (1975-05-25) (age 33)
Place of birth	Zaragoza, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Málaga CF
Number	9
Youth clubs
1994–1995	Sevilla B
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1998 1995–1996 1998–2000 2000–2001 2001–2005 2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005– 2007	Sevilla FC Écija Racing de Santander Atlético Madrid Valencia CF → Bolton Wanderers (loan) → Málaga CF (loan) → Atlético Madrid (loan) Málaga CF → Levante UD (loan)	49 (15) 17 (6) 52 (29) 33 (21) 24 (5) 6 (0) 34 (18) 28 (7) 74 (17) 14 (4)
National team²
2000-2004	Spain	4 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 February 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 13 February 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Salva Ballesta fullname Salvador Ballesta Vialco (born 22 May 1975 in Zaragoza) is a Spanish football striker who has played for seven different top division clubs since 1996. He won the Pichichi Trophy in the 1999-00 season, when he scored 27 goals to lead the Spanish League for Racing Santander. He was briefly part of the Bolton Wanderers side which avoided relegation in 2003. Currently, he plays for Málaga CF of the Spanish Segunda División, after a loan in January 2007 to Levante UD in La Liga. On February 4, 2007 he played his first league match for Levante on a win over Real Madrid, in which Ballesta scored the only goal.^[1]

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