Juan Olivella was a Spanish

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who played as a

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. The dates of his birth and death are unknown.

Club career

Born in

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, he began playing football at

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in 1917, before joining

CE Europa Club Esportiu Europa is a Spanish football team based in the city of Barcelona in the district of Gràcia, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1907, it plays in the Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at '' No ...

in 1920. As a member of this club, Olivella won the Catalan Championship in 1923 after beating

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1-0 in a play-off title-decider, and started in the

1923 Copa del Rey Final The 1923 Copa del Rey Final was the 23rd final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Les Corts, in Barcelona, on 13 May 1923. Athletic Bilbao beat Europa 1–0 and won their ninth title. The lonely goal w ...

, where they were beaten 0-1 by Athletic Bilbao, courtesy of a goal from Travieso. He joined

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in the 1926-27 season, but in March 1927 he moved to

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, where he ended his career in the 1927-28 season.

International career

He represented the Catalonia national team several times, being part of the team that won the

1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup The 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup was the sixth tournament of the Prince of Asturias Cup, which is an inter-regional football competition contested by the regional selections of Spain. The pre-favourites to win were the Catalan team because a ...

. Olivella scored the opening goal in the quarter-finals against

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on 25 November 1923, in an eventual 2-1 win, although some sources state that he was the author of both goals.

Honours

Club

;

Catalan football championship The Catalan football championship ''(Campionat de Catalunya)'' was a football competition in Catalonia and the first football league in Spain before La Liga was established in 1929. In December 1900, Alfons Macaya, the president of Hispania AC, ...

: *Champions (1): 1922-23

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

: *Runner-up (1):

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International

;

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: *Champions (1): 1923–24

References

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