Ferran Olivella

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Ferran Olivella
Personnel
Surname Fernando Olivella Pons
birthday June 22, 1936
place of birth Barcelona ,  Spain
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
Layetania
Rayo
UD Pueblo Seco
1953-1954 FC Barcelona
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1954-1956 SD España Industrial
1956-1969 FC Barcelona 215 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1966-1968 Catalonia 2 (0)
1957-1965 Spain 18 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Fernando Olivella Pons (born June 22, 1936 in Barcelona ) is a former Spanish football player . The defender, who spent his entire professional career at FC Barcelona , won the European Championship in 1964 as captain of the Spanish national team .

Club career

Olivella joined the FC Barcelona second team, SD España Industrial , in 1954 from the youth team of FC Barcelona . After two years he rose to the first team. He established himself straight away as a regular player and was used 42 times in his first season.

From 1963/64 Olivella played as a central defender, previously he was mainly set up as a full-back. In 1964 he was named captain of FC Barcelona and from then on, until his retirement in 1969, he led the team as captain on the pitch.

In total, he played 500 games for FC Barcelona, ​​including friendlies, and scored one goal. His only goal was the 6-0 in the meantime in the 8-0 win against UD Las Palmas on the 22nd matchday of the 1959/60 season. With Barça he won the Spanish championship in 1959 and 1960 . He also won the trade fair cup three times and the Spanish cup four times .

National team career

Olivella played his first game for the Spanish national team in a 5-0 win over Belgium on March 31, 1957 . In 1964 he led Spain as captain to win the European Championship . Olivella played in both games of the finals against Hungary and the USSR . Two years later he took part in the 1966 World Cup with Spain , but was not used in the disappointing elimination in the preliminary round. Olivella made a total of 18 international matches for Spain.

In addition, he played two games for the Catalan football team between 1966 and 1968 .

successes

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Others

Between 1989 and 1993 Olivella sat on the board of directors of FC Barcelona together with President Josep Lluís Núñez .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b FCBarcelona.cat: FERRAN OLIVELLA ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fcbarcelona.cat
  2. ↑ weltfussball.de: Match schedule / line-up: FC Barcelona - UD Las Palmas (Primera Division 1959/1960)
  3. ↑ independent.co.uk: FERNANDO "FERRAN" OLIVELLA Defender Barcelona 1956-1969; 500 appearances, 1 ...
  4. ↑ veteransfcbarcelona.cat: Olivella Pons, Ferran  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.veteransfcbarcelona.cat  

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personal data
SURNAME Olivella, Ferran
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olivella Pons, Fernando (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona