Jotha Explained

Jotha
Fullname:Jonathan Pérez Olivero
Birth Date:6 June 1982
Birth Place:Tinajo, Spain
Position:Winger
Currentclub:Tønsberg
Youthyears2:1998–1999
Youthyears3:1999–2001
Youthclubs1:CD Tinajo
Youthclubs3:Las Palmas
Years1:2001–2003
Years2:2001–2002
Years3:2003
Years4:2004–2006
Years5:2004
Years6:2006–2007
Years7:2007–2008
Years8:2008
Years9:2008–2014
Years10:2015
Years11:2015–2016
Years12:2016–
Clubs1:Las Palmas B
Clubs2:Universidad LP (loan)
Clubs8:Orientación Marítima (loan)
Clubs9:Lanzarote
Clubs10:Tønsberg
Clubs11:Unión Sur Yaiza
Clubs12:Tønsberg
Caps2:33
Caps3:15
Caps4:71
Caps5:1
Caps6:25
Caps7:0
Caps9:163
Caps11:9
Caps12:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals9:15
Goals11:0
Goals12:0
Club-Update:23 January 2016

Jonathan Pérez Olivero (born 6 June 1982), commonly known as Jotha, is a Spanish former footballer who played for Norwegian club FK Tønsberg mainly as a right winger.

Football career

Born in Tinajo, Lanzarote, Jotha graduated through UD Las Palmas' youth system, having arrived from lowly neighbours UD Lanzarote. In January 2004, after 15 games in 2003–04's second division with the first team – with the campaign eventually ending in relegation – he moved to Real Madrid, spending almost two entire seasons with its reserves.

Jotha appeared in one match with the La Liga powerhouse: on 21 September 2004, he played three minutes in a 1–0 home win against CA Osasuna after replacing legendary Raúl.[1]

Released in June 2006, Jotha played one season in the second level with SD Ponferradina (relegation), then continued his career in the lower leagues, mainly in his native Canary Islands. In 2008, ten years after leaving, he returned to Lanzarote in division three.[2]

Aged 32, Jotha moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing with FK Tønsberg in the Norwegian 3. divisjon and helping to promotion. In late January 2016, following a brief spell back in his country with CD Unión Sur Yaiza, he returned to his previous club.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beckham congela la crisis blanca. Beckham freezes white crisis. El Mundo. Spanish. 22 September 2004. 31 December 2014.
  2. Web site: La UD Lanzarote incorpora a su plantilla al centrocampista Jotha. UD Lanzarote add midfielder Jotha to their squad. Lanzarote Digital. Spanish. 2008. 1 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827210300/http://www.lanzarotedigital.com/la-ud-lanzarote-incorpora-a-su-plantilla-al-centrocampista-jotha/. 27 August 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: El centrocampista Jotha abandona el Unión Sur Yaiza para regresar a Noruega. Midfielder Jotha leaves Unión Sur Yaiza to return to Norway. Lanzarote Deportiva. Spanish. 23 January 2016. 1 August 2016.