Brian Oliván Herrero (born 1 April 1994) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

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, Oliván graduated with

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

's youth ranks. In August 2013, before even appearing as a senior he moved abroad, signing a three-year deal with Portuguese side

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. Best known for the men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese foo ...

and being assigned to the reserves in Segunda Liga. Oliván played his first match as a professional on 14 September 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 away loss against

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese association football, football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of football in ...

. He rescinded his link with the club in January of the following year, and subsequently joined

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in the following month. On 21 July 2014, after failing to make any appearances with CSKA, Oliván joined another

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Real Valladolid B Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol Promesas is the reserve team of Real Valladolid, a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1942, currently plays in , holding home games at the Ciudad ...

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. On 18 December he first appeared with the main squad, starting in a 1–0

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away loss against

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...

. On 2 July 2015 Oliván signed a three-year deal with

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol (), known simply as Granada or ''"Graná"'', is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in Segunda ...

, being assigned to the B-team also in the third division. On 23 August of the following year, he was loaned to

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. Salvadoran ...

in the second tier, for one year. After being an undisputed starter, Oliván was bought outright on 19 June 2017, and signed a contract until 2021. On 2 September 2019, he was loaned to fellow second division side

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. ( ) is a Spanish professional Football team, football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, the team plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 ...

for the season. On 9 September 2020, Oliván joined

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

on a two-year deal. He helped the club in their promotion to

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in his first season, and made his top tier debut on 14 August 2021, starting and netting the opener in a 1–1 home draw against

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home ...

. On 21 June 2022,

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Oliván moved to

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

also in the main category, after agreeing to a three-year contract.

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at the RCD Espanyol website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olivan, Brian 1994 births Living people Footballers from Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Spain men's youth international footballers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Real Valladolid Promesas players Real Valladolid players Club Recreativo Granada players Cádiz CF players Girona FC players RCD Mallorca players RCD Espanyol footballers Liga Portugal 2 players S.C. Braga B players PFC CSKA Sofia players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Catalonia men's international footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen