Juan Carlos Oliva
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos
Date of birth (1965-01-04) 4 January 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Mequinenza, Spain
Position(s) Defender
Managerial career
Years Team
1990–1991 Lleida (youth)
1991–1993 Lleida B
1993–1995 Tremp
1995–1997 Balaguer
1997–1999 Fraga
1999 Binéfar
2000–2001 Tremp
2001–2004 Fraga
2004–2005 Barbastro
2005–2006 Alavés (assistant)
2006 Alavés
2006–2007 Hospitalet
2007 Aris
2007–2008 Villarreal B
2008–2009 Recreativo (assistant)
2009–2010 Salamanca
2010–2011 Gimnàstic
2012–2013 Al-Ahli (assistant)
2013–2014 Al Ain (assistant)
2016–2018 Espanyol (assistant)
2018 Omonia
2019 Lleida Esportiu
2019 Watford (assistant)

Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos (born 4 January 1965) is a Spanish football manager.

Football career

Born in Mequinenza, Province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Oliva started coaching at an early age, his beginnings being in amateur football. In 2005 he arrived at Deportivo Alavés, being first assigned to the reserves in the third division.

In early 2006, Oliva was appointed at the first team following the sacking of Chuchi Cos, being in charge for five games – three wins, one draw and only one loss, against FC Barcelona – before being dismissed himself by eccentric club chairman Dmitry Piterman.[1] Alavés would finally suffer relegation from La Liga.

Returned to the third level with CE L'Hospitalet, Oliva led the Catalans to the fourth position in the regular season and the subsequent promotion playoffs, which ended without success. After a few months in Greece with Aris Thessaloniki FC, he returned to his country and its division three, being one of three managers for Villarreal CF B as the Valencian side finished in midtable.

Oliva returned to the top flight in 2008–09, acting as assistant for Manolo Zambrano's successor Lucas Alcaraz as Recreativo de Huelva[2] finally ranked in the 20th and last position. In late January 2010 he was fired by UD Salamanca,[3] but the Castile and León club finally managed to stay afloat in the second tier.

On 6 December 2010, Oliva joined Gimnàstic de Tarragona of the second division, replacing the dismissed Luis César Sampedro as the team ranked in last position.[4] He managed to finally lead them out of the relegation zone, notably with a 3–1 home win against eventual champions Real Betis on 15 May 2011.[5]

After 11 matches without one win in 2011–12, Oliva was relieved of his duties at Nàstic.[6] Subsequently, he had a series of spells as assistant manager under Quique Sánchez Flores.[7][8]

On 18 June 2018, Oliva was appointed at Cypriot club AC Omonia.[9] On 22 October, after three consecutive league defeats, he was sacked.[10]

On 5 February 2019, Oliva joined Lleida Esportiu.[11] He left by mutual consent in June, after failing in his objective of reaching the play-offs.[12]

On 10 September 2019, Oliva was named in Sánchez Flores's staff at Watford.[13]

Managerial statistics

As of 18 May 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref.
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Lleida B Spain 30 June 1991 1 July 1993 68 32 17 19 115 69 +46 047.06
Tremp Spain 1 July 1993 6 June 1995 72 37 23 12 117 71 +46 051.39
Balaguer Spain 6 June 1995 1 July 1997 78 28 19 31 92 105 −13 035.90
Fraga Spain 1 July 1997 1 June 1999 82 41 18 23 159 86 +73 050.00
Binéfar Spain 1 June 1999 31 October 1999 11 3 2 6 13 10 +3 027.27 [14]
Tremp Spain 1 July 2000 26 June 2001 34 13 6 15 54 55 −1 038.24
Fraga Spain 26 June 2001 1 July 2004 132 71 26 35 208 129 +79 053.79
Barbastro Spain 1 July 2004 30 June 2005 42 22 11 9 64 37 +27 052.38
Alavés Spain 10 January 2006 16 February 2006 5 3 1 1 10 7 +3 060.00 [15]
Hospitalet Spain 14 June 2006 12 June 2007 40 16 14 10 43 38 +5 040.00 [16]
Aris Greece 14 June 2007 4 September 2007 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00 [17]
Villarreal B Spain 22 October 2007 13 January 2008 11 4 3 4 11 11 +0 036.36 [18]
Salamanca Spain 23 June 2009 26 January 2010 25 9 8 8 31 33 −2 036.00 [19]
Gimnàstic Spain 6 December 2010 30 October 2011 39 10 11 18 32 54 −22 025.64 [20]
Omonia Cyprus 18 June 2018 22 October 2018 5 2 0 3 2 4 −2 040.00 [21]
Lleida Esportiu Spain 5 February 2019 3 June 2019 15 5 3 7 13 13 +0 033.33 [22]
Total 660 296 163 201 964 722 +242 044.85 —

References

  1. ^ Piterman se carga a Juan Carlos Oliva por "insubordinación" (Piterman ousts Juan Carlos Oliva for "insubordination"); 20 minutos, 16 February 2006 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Manolo Zambrano se despide del Recreativo "convencido" de que el Decano se salvará" [Manolo Zambrano says goodbye to Recreativo "convinced" that the Dean will save itself] (in Spanish). 20 minutos. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. ^ Gutiérrez, David (26 January 2010). "Sito toma el mando de la UDS tras el inevitable cese de Oliva" [Sito in charge of UDS after Oliva's inevitable sacking] (in Spanish). Tribuna de Salamanca. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  4. ^ Juan Carlos Oliva, nuevo técnico del Nàstic (Juan Carlos Oliva, new Nàstic coach); Marca, 6 December 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El Nástic aplaza el alirón matemático del Betis (Nástic postpone Betis' virtual celebrations); Marca, 15 May 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Oliva, destituido (Oliva, fired); Marca, 30 October 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ "Oliva, campeón de Copa en Dubai" [Oliva, Cup champion in Dubai] (in Spanish). Diario del AltoAragón. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  8. ^ Navarro, Cristina (8 July 2017). "Quique incorpora a su staff un nutricionista y un podólogo" [Quique adds nutritionist and podologist to his staff] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  9. ^ Manchón, Martín (18 June 2018). "Oliva entrenará en Chipre" [Oliva will coach in Cyprus] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Struggling Omonia fire coach Oliva". Cyprus Mail. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  11. ^ @Lleida_Esportiu (February 5, 2019). "Juan Carlos Oliva, nou entrenador del Lleida Esportiu" [Juan Carlos Oliva, new manager of Lleida Esportiu] (Tweet) (in Catalan). Retrieved 5 February 2019 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Joan Carles Oliva ya no es entrenador del Lleida Esportiu" [Joan Carles Oliva is no longer manager of Lleida Esportiu] (in Spanish). Segre. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  13. ^ "News: Sánchez Flores' staff confirmed". Watford F.C. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 1999–00". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2005–06". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2006–07". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  17. ^ "Aris Thessaloniki: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2007–08". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2009–10". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2010–11". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
    "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2011–12". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  21. ^ "AC Omonia Nicosia: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

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