Juan Olivella was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.[1] The dates of his birth and death are unknown.
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Full name | Juan Olivella | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | Unknown | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Catalonia, Spain | ||||||||||||
Date of death | Unknown | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | center-forward | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
1917-1920 | FC Internacional | ||||||||||||
1920–1926 | CE Europa | ||||||||||||
1926-1927 | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||
1927–1928 | UE Sants | ||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1918-1927 | Catalonia | 4 | (+1) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Catalonia, he began playing football at FC Internacional in 1917, before joining CE Europa in 1920. As a member of this club, Olivella won the Catalan Championship in 1923 after beating Barcelona 1-0 in a play-off title-decider, and started in the 1923 Copa del Rey Final, where they were beaten 0-1 by Athletic Bilbao, courtesy of a goal from Travieso.[2][3] He joined FC Barcelona in the 1926-27 season, but in March 1927 he moved to UE Sants, where he ended his career in the 1927-28 season.[citation needed]
He represented the Catalonia national team several times, being part of the team that won the 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup. Olivella scored the opening goal in the quarter-finals against Gipuzkoa on 25 November 1923, in an eventual 2-1 win,[4] although some sources state that he was the author of both goals.[5]
Catalan football championship:
Copa del Rey:
Prince of Asturias Cup: