Iván Fandiño

Bullfighter Iván Fandiño

Date of birth: On September 29, 1980 in Orduña (Vizcaya).

He debuted with picadors: On June 2, 2002 in Orduña (Vizcaya) in the lineup with Julien Lescarret and Iker Lara with bulls Javier Javier Perez publican.

Debut in Las Ventas: The September 12, 2004 in Sales (Madrid) cutting an ear of a utrero of Navalrosal.

Alternative: On August 25, 2005 in Bilbao hands of El Juli, who gave the bull "Aphrodisiac" El Ventorrillo in the presence of Salvador Vega.

On May 12, 2009 confirmed its alternative in Las Ventas (Madrid)

Fandiño was one of the great revelations of 2011. Sales performed four times and cut four ears. With this successful balance faced a season full of expectations, but a mishap in Malaga reduced the number of contracts. Mazzantini worthy successor, Fortuna, Cocherito of Bilbao and Martin Aguero is the most important Basque matador in recent decades.

In September 2014, wins the Silver Crutch awarded by the Peña Taurine Sol y Sombra for Best Faena Fair Villacarrillo.

Fandiño, born in 1980 an called the Lion of Orduña because of his birth place. In spite of his success as a young ‘pelotari’, he finally chose the bullrings. Guadalajara has become his place of adoption…

2017 He dies after receiving a goring at a run in Aire-sur-l'Adour, southwest of France.