Juan Olivella

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Juan Olivella
Personal information
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
International career
1918-1927 Catalonia 4 (+1)
Medal record
 Catalonia
Prince of Asturias Cup
Gold medal – first place 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Olivella was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.[1] The dates of his birth and death are unknown.

Club career[edit]

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]

International career[edit]

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]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

CE Europa

Catalan football championship:

  • Champions (1): 1922-23

Copa del Rey:

International[edit]

Catalonia

Prince of Asturias Cup:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Juan Olivella - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup 1923". linguasport.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Spain - Cup 1923". RSSSF. 12 February 2001. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  4. ^ Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Cataluña - Guipúzcoa (2 - 1) 25/11/1923". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.