Juan Olivella Explained

Juan Olivella
Fullname:	Juan Olivella
Birth Date:	Unknown
Birth Place:	Catalonia, Spain
Death Date:	Unknown
Position:	center-forward
Years1:	1917-1920
Years2:	1920–1926
Years3:	1926-1927
Years4:	1927–1928
Nationalyears1:	1918-1927
Nationalteam1:	Catalonia
Nationalcaps1:	4
Nationalgoals1:	+1

Juan Olivella was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.^[1] The dates of his birth and death are unknown.

Club career

Born in Catalonia, he began playing football at FC Internacional in 1917, before joining CE Europa in 1920. As a member of this club, Olivella won the Catalan Championship in 1923 after beating Barcelona 1-0 in a play-off title-decider, and started in the 1923 Copa del Rey Final, where they were beaten 0-1 by Athletic Bilbao, courtesy of a goal from Travieso.^[2] ^[3] He joined FC Barcelona in the 1926-27 season, but in March 1927 he moved to UE Sants, 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. Olivella scored the opening goal in the quarter-finals against Gipuzkoa on 25 November 1923, in an eventual 2-1 win,^[4] although some sources state that he was the author of both goals.^[5]

Honours

Club

CE EuropaCatalan football championship

Champions (1): 1922-23

Copa del Rey

Runner-up (1): 1923

International

CataloniaPrince of Asturias Cup

Champions (1): 1923–24

Notes and References

Web site: Juan Olivella - Footballer . www.bdfutbol.com . 25 June 2022 . 25 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625180000/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j1007383.html . live .
Web site: Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup 1923 . linguasport.com . 25 July 2022 . 14 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170714154322/http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/Copa23.htm . live .
Web site: Spain - Cup 1923 . . 12 February 2001 . 25 June 2022 . 14 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514004709/https://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spancup1923.html . live .
Web site: La Copa Príncipe de Asturias . The Prince of Asturias Cup . es . . Vicente Martínez Calatrava . 17 August 2009 . 10 July 2022 . 14 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190414023118/http://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2009/09/la-copa-principe-de-asturias/ . live .
Web site: Cataluña - Guipúzcoa (2 - 1) 25/11/1923 . www.bdfutbol.com . 25 July 2022 . 26 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220626152846/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/partido.html?id=497&l=Catalu%C3%B1a&v=Guip%C3%BAzcoa&d=25%2F11%2F1923 . live .