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Oli

b. 1972

Spanish football player/manager

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About Oli

Born 1972. Oli is a Spanish association football player and association football coach.

Club career Oli was born in Oviedo, Asturias. He started his career with hometown club Real Oviedo, making his La Liga debut on 10 January 1993 in a 0–0 home draw against Albacete Balompié and being mainly associated with the reserves in his beginnings.

From 1994 to 1997, with Oviedo still in the top flight, Oli scored 40 league goals in 106 matches, 20 of which in his final season to help his team narrowly avoid relegation. pairing up front with Alfonso and netting nine times in his first year in Andalusia. who dropped down a level after finishing 18th. He returned to Oviedo in the off-season, going on to find the net regularly but also suffer two relegations in only three years. At the end of 2005–06, with the team having been sent to where they had come from, he retired from football at the age of 34. against Slovakia and Faroe Islands. He scored in the latter fixture, a 3–1 win in Gijón.

International goals !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition 1998 World Cup qualification as the team eventually failed to regain their top-flight status winning just four from 11 games with him. In September 2007, he was hired at Segunda División B side UD Marbella.

In the following two seasons, Oli continued in Andalusia and the third tier, successively with Écija Balompié and Betis B. On 23 May 2017, after several years of inactivity, he was appointed at Tercera División club Marino de Luanco on a one-year contract. In the summer of 2019, after achieving promotion to Segunda División B without conceding one single goal in the play-offs, he agreed to a new deal; in January 2021, however, he resigned as he felt he was not able to perform his job properly anymore.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Cádiz1 July 20065 November 2006 —

Honours Player Cádiz Segunda División: 2004–05

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Also known as
Oliveiro Álvarez González, Oliverio Jesús Álvarez, Oli Álvarez, Oliver Jesus Alvarez Gonzalez

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Oli's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Oli?

Spanish football player/manager

When was Oli born?

Oli was born on 2 April 1972 in Oviedo.

What is Oli's occupation?

Oli is an association football player and association football coach.

What nationality is Oli?

Oli is Spanish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Oli

· Wikidata: Q3780217

· DBpedia: Oli (footballer)

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