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Ángel Oliva

Ángel Oliva

Spanish football manager and retired player


Ángel Oliva Beltrán (born 8 August 1961) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender,[1] and later worked as a manager.[2]

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Playing career

Oliva was born in Zaragoza, capital of the province of the same name and of the autonomous community of Aragon, but began his career in 1980 with FC Andorra. Despite its name, and location in the principality of the same name, Andorra play in the Spanish league system, and were in Segunda División B during Oliva's sole season with the club. He joined fellow third tier side Lleida in 1981, and spent the next six seasons with the Catalan club. They won promotion to the Segunda División in 198687, and Oliva's part in this success earned him a move to La Liga side Cádiz. He left Lleida after 216 appearances and twelve goals in all competitions.[3]

Cádiz flirted with relegation throughout Oliva's time with the club, needing a playoff to stay up on two occasions. Oliva scored in the shoot-out as they beat Málaga on penalties in 199091,[4] and also helped them triumph over Figueres the following year.[5] They finally were relegated in 199293, and Oliva stayed for one season in the second tier, in which they suffered a second consecutive relegation.[3]

He left Cádiz in 1994 with 243 appearances and nine goals in all competitions, including seven goals in 194 top flight matches. His final club was San Fernando, with whom he spent one season in Segunda División B, before retiring in 1995 as he approached his 34th birthday.[3]

Coaching career

After his retirement, Oliva returned to Cádiz as head coach of their B team during the 1997–98 Tercera División season, at the end of which they were relegated. He returned for a somewhat more successful second season in charge of Cádiz B in 200102, leading them to the Primera Regional de Andalusia title. In 2005, he was appointed as head coach of Arcos in the Tercera División, a post he held for three years. He left the club after they were relegated in 200708. For 200809, he joined newly promoted Ronda, and lead them to a 12th-place finish, which was good enough to keep their place in the Tercera División. In the 200910 season, Oliva had a third spell at Cádiz B, guiding them to 10th in the Tercera División.

After a year away from management, Oliva returned for a second spell with Arcos, who had just returned to the Tercera División, in 2011. Under his guidance, they avoided relegation in 15th place. He revisited another former club by rejoining Ronda in 2013, guiding them to Tercera División safety in the next two seasons. In the summer of 2017, Oliva was appointed as head coach of Tercera División side Sariñena. He was dismissed in February 2018 with the club ninth in the table, twelve points shy of the promotion play-off places.[2]

Honours

Manager

Cádiz B

Career statistics

As a player

As of 15 March 2021[3]
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1.^ Appearances in the 1983 Copa de la Liga Segunda División B
2.^ Appearances in the 1984 Copa de la Liga Segunda División B
3.^ Appearances in the 1985 Copa de la Liga Segunda División B
4.^ Appearances in the 199091 La Liga relegation playoff
5.^ Appearance in the 199192 La Liga relegation playoff

References

  1. "Oliva". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. "El Sariñena destituye a su técnico Ángel Oliva". heraldo.es. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. "Oliva". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. "El Cádiz consuma el milagro" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. "El Figueres se queda sin ascenso" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

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