Iván Medina

Iván Medina
Personal information
Full name	Iván Medina Ortega
Date of birth	3 March 2004 (age 22)
Place of birth	Telde, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Las Palmas
Number	30
Youth career
	La Garita
2012–2023	Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years	Team
2023–	Las Palmas B
2026–	Las Palmas
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2026

Iván Medina Ortega (born 3 March 2004) is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a left winger.

Career

Born in La Garita, Telde, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Medina joined UD Las Palmas' youth sides in 2012, from hometown side CF La Garita.^[1] In 2023, after scoring 17 goals with the Juvenil side, he was promoted to the reserves in Tercera Federación, also making the pre-season with the first team.^[2]

After impressing with the B-side in the 2025–26 Segunda Federación by scoring nine goals, Medina made his first team debut on 7 June 2026, coming on as a late substitute for Lorenzo Amatucci in a 1–0 home loss to Málaga CF, for the first leg of the Segunda División promotion play-offs.^[3]^[4]

↑ "Iván Medina, un proyecto 21 de La Garita" [Iván Medina, a 21 in the making from La Garita] (in Spanish). Tinta Amarilla. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
↑ "Iván Medina toca con fuerza la puerta del primer equipo" [Iván Medina is knocking hard on the door of the first team] (in Spanish). UDLasPalmas.net. 3 March 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
↑ "El debut de Iván Medina rompe un paréntesis de 2 años y 7 meses sin estreno grancanario en la UD" [Iván Medina's debut stops a hiatus of 2 years and 7 months without a Gran Canarian debut at UD] (in Spanish). Tinta Amarilla. 9 June 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
↑ "Iván Medina cumple su sueño y debuta con el primer equipo" [Iván Medina fulfills his dream and debuts with the first team] (in Spanish). UDLasPalmas.net. 8 June 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.