Jesús Olmo Lozano (born 24 January 1985) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Olmo emerged through

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's prolific youth ranks at ''

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'', and first represented professionally their reserves. On 20 May 2006 he made his debut for the first team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 away loss against

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as a number of the main squad's players were already resting for the

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and ''Barça'' were already league champions. Olmo took part in five games for the senior team during the 2006–07 pre-season, and later added a second

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appearance, one minute at

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(1–1 draw). After a loan in the

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with lowly Racing de Ferrol, he was released by Barcelona and joined another club in that tier, Elche CF. After a one-year stint at

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's CD Puertollano, Olmo returned to the second division after agreeing to a contract with CE Sabadell FC. In 2014 he joined

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one level below, helping in their first-ever promotion to the second tier in

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. An ever-present figure for the ''Rojinegres'', Olmo left the club in January 2019 after its ejection from the Liga de Fútbol Profesional. Late in that month, he returned to Elche on a short-term deal. On 14 August 2019, Olmo became a

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and returned to Sabadell, with the club now in the third tier. He spent the entire campaign nursing a serious

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injury, contributing only one appearance to his side's promotion. Olmo terminated his contract on 9 January 2021.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olmo, Jesus 1985 births Living people Footballers from Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players FC Barcelona C players FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players Racing de Ferrol footballers Elche CF players CD Puertollano footballers CE Sabadell FC footballers CF Reus Deportiu players Spain men's youth international footballers