He spent most of his career withReal Oviedo, totalling 201 appearances and scoring 16 goals. InLa Liga, where he also representedTenerife andCádiz, 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 overCA Osasuna in thesecond round of theCopa del Rey.[4] He was definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the1997–98 season,[2] previously netting for the first time in league on 12 May 1996 in the 4–0 away defeat ofDeportivo de La Coruña.[5]
Ania scored a career-best five goals in the2000–01 campaign, but Oviedo were relegated as third-bottom.[2] On 17 September 2001, he signed a four-year contract withCD Tenerife in the top division, for a fee of 400 millionpesetas.[6] He suffered another relegation in hisfirst year,[2] and spent the first half of2003–04 unemployed before joiningRayo Vallecano on loan.[7]
In October 2008, after more than a year without a club, Ania signed forTercera División sideCD Covadonga.[10] He returned to Oviedo on 28 June 2009, with the club now in theSegunda División B,[11] and retired in 2010 aged 32.[9]
After retiring, Ania played in theLiga 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, afternarrowly missing out a play-off spot, Ania left Villanovense[20] and was appointed atRacing de Santander also in the third division.[21] He led the club to promotion at the end ofthe season, but was dismissed on 11 November 2019.[22]
On 21 June 2021, Ania joinedAlgeciras CF ofPrimera División RFEF, signing a four-year contract.[23] He departed on 27 June 2023,[24] and took overCórdoba CF the following day.[25] In hisdebut campaign in charge, he returned theAndalusians to the professional leagues after five years; his last experience there had also been in 2019, with Racing.[26][27]
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^Ríos, Xoan (13 May 1996)."El Depor se autodespide de Europa" [Depor say goodbye to Europe by themselves].Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved3 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). Retrieved26 June 2024.
