Salvador "Salva" Sevilla López (born 18 March 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Club career Born in Berja, Province of Almería, Andalusia, Sevilla finished his development with local club Polideportivo Ejido. He made his professional debut on 12 October 2003, starting in a 2–2 away draw against Ciudad de Murcia in the Segunda División.Calado evita el triunfo del Ciudad de Murcia (Calado avoids Ciudad de Murcia triumph); Mundo Deportivo, 13 October 2003 (in Spanish)
Sevilla was loaned to Atlético Madrid in summer 2004, but only appeared for its B and C sides. The following year he joined another reserve team, Sevilla Atlético also of the second division.
On 10 July 2008, Sevilla moved to UD Salamanca in the same league.Salva Sevilla, tercer fichaje 'charro' (Salva Sevilla, third charro signing); Marca, 10 July 2008 (in Spanish) He scored a career-best 11 goals in his second season,El Real Unión pierde frente al Salamanca en una batalla por evitar el descenso (3–0) (Real Unión lose against Salamanca in relegation battle (3–0)); El Mundo, 30 May 2010 (in Spanish) and joined Real Betis shortly after.El Betis ficha a Salva Sevilla por cuatro temporadas (Betis sign Salva Sevilla for four seasons); Diario AS, 3 July 2010 (in Spanish)
In his first year with the Verdiblancos, Sevilla contributed three goals in 33 matches to help his team to return to La Liga after a two-year absence. He made his top-flight debut on 27 August 2011, featuring 86 minutes of the 1–0 win at Granada CF.
Sevilla scored his first goal in the Spanish top tier on 18 September 2011, through a penalty kick in a 3–2 away victory over Athletic Bilbao.El Betis sabe a lo que juega (Betis got game); Marca, 19 September 2011 (in Spanish) His second came in the same fashion against Real Zaragoza (4–3 win, home),El Betis se pone líder (4–3) (Betis reach first place (4–3)); Diario de Sevilla, 23 September 2011 (in Spanish) and he finished the campaign with 19 starts and 1,446 minutes of action as Betis retained their league status.
On 13 March 2014, in only his seventh career game in the UEFA Europa League, Sevilla came on as a second-half substitute for Rubén Castro in the round-of-16 tie against former club Sevilla FC, and netted the last goal in the 2–0 away win.Impressive Betis take control against Sevilla; UEFA, 13 March 2014 He signed a three-year contract with RCD Espanyol as a free agent in the summer,Salva Sevilla ficha por el Espanyol (Salva Sevilla signs for Espanyol); Marca, 25 June 2014 (in Spanish) scoring the first goal of 2015–16 which was the game's only one at home against Getafe CF.Salva Sevilla ilumina el debut del Espanyol (Salva Sevilla lights up Espanyol's debut); Marca, 22 August 2015 (in Spanish)
On 28 August 2017, 33-year-old Sevilla joined RCD Mallorca of Segunda División B on a free transfer.El Real Mallorca ficha a Salva Sevilla (Real Mallorca sign Salva Sevilla); RCD Mallorca, 28 August 2017 (in Spanish) He was an undisputed starter for a side that achieved two consecutive promotions under Vicente Moreno, culminating with the 3–0 defeat of Deportivo de La Coruña on 23 June 2019 in the play-offs to overcome a 2–0 deficit from the first leg, with him scoring in the 62nd minute.
On 28 May 2022, Sevilla agreed to a one-year deal at Deportivo Alavés, recently relegated to division two. He totalled 42 games, four goals and three assists, winning promotion.
Sevilla signed a contract of the same duration at Deportivo on 30 August 2023. Having attained his seventh career promotion, the first from the Primera Federación, the 40-year-old left after not being retained.
Personal life Sevilla's older brother José Antonio was also a footballer. A central defender, his most notable club was Poli Ejido.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPoli Ejido2003–04Segunda División10012——112Atlético Madrid B (loan)2004–05Segunda División B10———10Sevilla B2005–06Segunda División B304——203242006–07Segunda División B293——203132007–08Segunda División254———254Total84110000408811Salamanca2008–09Segunda División35620——3762009–10Segunda División381122——4013Total73174200007719Betis2010–11Segunda División33360——3932011–12La Liga26200——2622012–13La Liga17220——1922013–14La Liga2144091—345Total9711120910011812Espanyol2014–15La Liga26040——3002015–16La Liga15140——1912016–17La Liga6010——70Total471900000561Mallorca2017–18Segunda División B32410—403742018–19Segunda División37310—414242019–20La Liga35510——3652020–21Segunda División38710——3972021–22La Liga28540——325Total1702480008118625Alavés2022–23Segunda División36341—404Career total518673859112157774
Honours Betis Segunda División: 2010–11
Mallorca Segunda División B: 2017–18
Deportivo La Coruña Primera Federación: 2023–24
Individual Segunda División Player of the Month: April 2019
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