Oliverio Jesús Álvarez González (born 2 April 1972), commonly known as Oli, is a Spanish former

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who played as a striker, currently a

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. He was known for his flair and scoring ability, amassing totals of 414 matches and 110 goals in 14 professional seasons, nine of those spent in

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mainly with

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

. In 2006, he started working as a manager.

Playing career

Club

Oli was born in

Oviedo Oviedo () or Uviéu (Asturian language, Asturian: ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains th ...

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. He started his career with hometown club

, making his

debut on 10 January 1993 in a 0–0 home draw against

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and being mainly associated with the reserves in his beginnings. From 1994 to 1997, with Oviedo still in the top flight, Oli scored 40 league goals in 106 matches, 20 of which in his final season to help his team narrowly avoid relegation. Subsequently, he signed a six-year contract with fellow top-tier side

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, pairing up front with

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and netting nine times in his first year in

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. In the 1999–2000 campaign, Oli could only score once for the ''Verdiblancos'', who dropped down a level after finishing 18th. He returned to Oviedo in the off-season, going on to find the net regularly but also suffer two relegations in only three years. Oli joined

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 ...

from

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in 2003, contributing ten goals from 40 appearances in his second year for a promotion and his first and only piece of silverware. At the end of 2005–06, with the team having been sent to where they had come from, he retired from football at the age of 34.

International

Oli won two

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for

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during the

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qualifiers, against

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and

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. He scored in the latter fixture, a 3–1 win in

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International goals

Coaching career

Moving into coaching in 2006, Oli started precisely with Cádiz, but was dismissed after only a few months in charge as the team eventually failed to regain their top-flight status winning just four from 11 games with him. In September 2007, he was hired at

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side UD Marbella. In the following two seasons, Oli continued in Andalusia and the third tier, successively with

Écija Balompié Écija Balompié, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Écija, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1939, it plays in . History In 2007–08 season, the club became champion of the Segunda División B, Group 4. The next se ...

and Betis B. On 23 May 2017, after several years of inactivity, he was appointed at

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

club

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on a one-year contract. In the summer of 2019, after achieving promotion to

without conceding one single goal in the play-offs, he agreed to a new deal; in January 2021, however, he resigned as he felt he was not able to perform his job properly anymore.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Cádiz *

: 2004–05

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oli 1972 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Oviedo Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Real Oviedo Vetusta players Real Oviedo players Real Betis players Cádiz CF players Spain men's international footballers Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Segunda División B managers Tercera División managers Cádiz CF managers Écija Balompié managers Betis Deportivo Balompié managers