Ángel Oliva
Personal information
Full name Ángel Oliva Beltrán
Date of birth (1961-08-08) 8 August 1961
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 Andorra 29 (1)
1981–1987 Lleida 190 (12)
1987–1994 Cádiz 209 (8)
1994–1995 San Fernando 24 (0)
Total 452 (21)
Managerial career
1997–1998 Cádiz B
2001–2002 Cádiz B
2005–2008 Arcos
2008–2009 Ronda
2009–2010 Cádiz B
2011–2012 Arcos
2013–2015 Ronda
2017–2018 Sariñena
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Andorra 198081 Segunda División B 29110301
Lleida 198182 26200262
198283 34120361
198384 2412060321
198485 3544040434
198586 3418000421
198687 37300373
Total 1901214012021612
Cádiz 198788 La Liga 25240292
198889 28060340
198990 34070410
199091 3618120462
199192 3601010380
199293 35410364
199394 Segunda División 15140191
Total 2098311302439
San Fernando 199495 Segunda División B 24030270
Career total 4522149115051622
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. 1 2 "El Sariñena destituye a su técnico Ángel Oliva". heraldo.es. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "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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