Javier Olaizola
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Olaizola Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | San Sebastián, Spain | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Mallorca B (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Michelín | |||
| Tolosa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Eibar | 38 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Burgos | 48 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Eibar | 36 | (0) |
| 1995–2004 | Mallorca | 272 | (1) |
| Total | 394 | (1) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014 | Mallorca (caretaker) | ||
| 2014– | Mallorca B | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Javier Olaizola Rodríguez (born 28 November 1969) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a right back, and the current manager of RCD Mallorca B.
Most of his 13-year professional career was spent with Mallorca, with which he appeared in 330 competitive games and won two major titles.
Football career
Born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Olaizola's first professional club was SD Eibar in his native Basque Country, in the second division. Subsequently he played two seasons with Real Burgos CF, going on to suffer two consecutive drops and returning for a second spell with his previous team afterwards.
In 1995 Olaizola signed with RCD Mallorca, immediately becoming an undisputed starter as well as team captain and helping the Balearic Islands side to the 1998 Spanish Supercup against La Liga giants FC Barcelona, as well as a second place in the following year's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. His first and only goal in the top flight – and overall – came on 17 December 2000, as he scored a last-minute equalizer at Celta de Vigo (2–2).[1]
Olaizola played only 27 matches in his last two years combined, due to several injuries and age,[2] and retired at almost 35. He then had brief spells as manager, with Mallorca's youth teams and Antiguoko (also a youth club, in the Basque region).[3]
Personal life
Olaizola's older brother, Julio (19 years his senior), was also a footballer and a defender. He played in ten top flight seasons with Real Sociedad.[2]
Honours
- Mallorca
- Copa del Rey: 2002–03; Runner-up 1997–98
- Supercopa de España: 1998
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1998–99
References
- ↑ El Mallorca pone al Celta en su sitio (Mallorca puts Celta in its place); El País, 18 December 2000 (Spanish)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 El coraje de Olaizola (Olaizola's courage); El País, 8 December 2002 (Spanish)
- ↑ «A Iñigo Martínez le tuve en la Real juvenil y confiaba en que llegaría muy arriba» («I had Iñigo Martínez in Real Sociedad's youths, and i had a feeling he'd get far»); Diario Vasco, 26 September 2011 (Spanish)
External links
- Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
- Javier Olaizola profile at BDFutbol
- Real Mallorca bio (Spanish)
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from San Sebastián
- Spanish footballers
- Basque footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- SD Eibar footballers
- Real Burgos CF footballers
- RCD Mallorca players
- Spanish football managers
- Segunda División managers
- RCD Mallorca managers
