Juan Carlos Oliva

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Oliva and the second or maternal family name is Fornos.

Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos (born 4 January 1965) is a Spanish football manager.

Juan Carlos Oliva

Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos
Date of birth	(1965-01-04) 4 January 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Mequinenza, Spain
Position(s)	Defender
Managerial career
Years	Team
1990–1991	Lleida (youth)
1991–1993	Lleida B
1993–1995	Tremp
1995–1997	Balaguer
1997–1999	Fraga
1999	Binéfar
2000–2001	Tremp
2001–2004	Fraga
2004–2005	Barbastro
2005–2006	Alavés (assistant)
2006	Alavés
2006–2007	Hospitalet
2007	Aris
2007–2008	Villarreal B
2008–2009	Recreativo (assistant)
2009–2010	Salamanca
2010–2011	Gimnàstic
2012–2013	Al-Ahli (assistant)
2013–2014	Al Ain (assistant)
2016–2018	Espanyol (assistant)
2018	Omonia
2019	Lleida Esportiu
2019	Watford (assistant)

Football career

Born in Mequinenza, Province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Oliva started coaching at an early age, his beginnings being in amateur football. In 2005 he arrived at Deportivo Alavés, being initially an assistant.

In early 2006, Oliva was appointed at the first team following the sacking of Chuchi Cos, being in charge for five games – three wins, one draw and only one loss, against FC Barcelona – before being dismissed himself by eccentric club chairman Dmitry Piterman.^[1] Alavés would finally suffer relegation from La Liga.

Returned to the third level with CE L'Hospitalet, Oliva led the Catalans to the fourth position in the regular season and the subsequent promotion playoffs, which ended without success. After a few months in Greece with Aris Thessaloniki FC, he returned to his country and its division three, being one of three managers for Villarreal CF B as the Valencian side finished in midtable.

Oliva returned to the top flight in 2008–09, acting as assistant for Manolo Zambrano's successor Lucas Alcaraz as Recreativo de Huelva^[2] finally ranked in the 20th and last position. In late January 2010 he was fired by UD Salamanca,^[3] but the Castile and León club finally managed to stay afloat in the second tier.

On 6 December 2010, Oliva joined Gimnàstic de Tarragona of the second division, replacing the dismissed Luis César Sampedro as the team ranked in last position.^[4] He managed to finally lead them out of the relegation zone, notably with a 3–1 home win against eventual champions Real Betis on 15 May 2011.^[5]

After 11 matches without one win in 2011–12, Oliva was relieved of his duties at Nàstic.^[6] Subsequently, he had a series of spells as assistant manager under Quique Sánchez Flores.^[7][8]

On 18 June 2018, Oliva was appointed at Cypriot club AC Omonia.^[9] On 22 October, after three consecutive league defeats, he was sacked.^[10]

On 5 February 2019, Oliva joined Lleida Esportiu.^[11] He left by mutual consent in June, after failing in his objective of reaching the play-offs.^[12]

On 10 September 2019, Oliva was named in Sánchez Flores's staff at Watford.^[13]

Managerial statistics

As of 18 May 2019

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref.
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Lleida B		30 June 1991	1 July 1993	68	32	17	19	115	69	+46	047.06
Tremp		1 July 1993	6 June 1995	72	37	23	12	117	71	+46	051.39
Balaguer		6 June 1995	1 July 1997	78	28	19	31	92	105	−13	035.90
Fraga		1 July 1997	1 June 1999	82	41	18	23	159	86	+73	050.00
Binéfar		1 June 1999	31 October 1999	11	3	2	6	13	10	+3	027.27	[14]
Tremp		1 July 2000	26 June 2001	34	13	6	15	54	55	−1	038.24
Fraga		26 June 2001	1 July 2004	132	71	26	35	208	129	+79	053.79
Barbastro		1 July 2004	30 June 2005	42	22	11	9	64	37	+27	052.38
Alavés		10 January 2006	16 February 2006	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3	060.00	[15]
Hospitalet		14 June 2006	12 June 2007	40	16	14	10	43	38	+5	040.00	[16]
Aris		14 June 2007	4 September 2007	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	[17]
Villarreal B		22 October 2007	13 January 2008	11	4	3	4	11	11	+0	036.36	[18]
Salamanca		23 June 2009	26 January 2010	25	9	8	8	31	33	−2	036.00	[19]
Gimnàstic		6 December 2010	30 October 2011	39	10	11	18	32	54	−22	025.64	[20]
Omonia		18 June 2018	22 October 2018	5	2	0	3	2	4	−2	040.00	[21]
Lleida Esportiu		5 February 2019	3 June 2019	15	5	3	7	13	13	+0	033.33	[22]
Total				660	296	163	201	964	722	+242	044.85	—

References

1. Piterman se carga a Juan Carlos Oliva por "insubordinación" (Piterman ousts Juan Carlos Oliva for "insubordination"); 20 minutos, 16 February 2006 (in Spanish)
2. "Manolo Zambrano se despide del Recreativo "convencido" de que el Decano se salvará" [Manolo Zambrano says goodbye to Recreativo "convinced" that the Dean will save itself] (in Spanish). 20 minutos. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
3. Gutiérrez, David (26 January 2010). "Sito toma el mando de la UDS tras el inevitable cese de Oliva" [Sito in charge of UDS after Oliva's inevitable sacking] (in Spanish). Tribuna de Salamanca. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
4. Juan Carlos Oliva, nuevo técnico del Nàstic (Juan Carlos Oliva, new Nàstic coach); Marca, 6 December 2010 (in Spanish)
5. El Nástic aplaza el alirón matemático del Betis (Nástic postpone Betis' virtual celebrations); Marca, 15 May 2011 (in Spanish)
6. Oliva, destituido (Oliva, fired); Marca, 30 October 2011 (in Spanish)
7. "Oliva, campeón de Copa en Dubai" [Oliva, Cup champion in Dubai] (in Spanish). Diario del AltoAragón. 31 May 2013. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
8. Navarro, Cristina (8 July 2017). "Quique incorpora a su staff un nutricionista y un podólogo" [Quique adds nutritionist and podologist to his staff] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
9. Manchón, Martín (18 June 2018). "Oliva entrenará en Chipre" [Oliva will coach in Cyprus] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
10. "Struggling Omonia fire coach Oliva". Cyprus Mail. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
11. @Lleida_Esportiu (5 February 2019). "Juan Carlos Oliva, nou entrenador del Lleida Esportiu" [Juan Carlos Oliva, new manager of Lleida Esportiu] (Tweet) (in Catalan). Retrieved 5 February 2019 – via Twitter.
12. "Joan Carles Oliva ya no es entrenador del Lleida Esportiu" [Joan Carles Oliva is no longer manager of Lleida Esportiu] (in Spanish). Segre. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
13. "News: Sánchez Flores' staff confirmed". Watford F.C. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
14. "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 1999–00". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
15. "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2005–06". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
16. "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2006–07". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
17. "Aris Thessaloniki: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
18. "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2007–08". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
19. "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2009–10". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
20. "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2010–11". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
    "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2011–12". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
21. "AC Omonia Nicosia: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
22. "Oliva: Juan Carlos Oliva Fornos: Matches 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

External links

• Juan Carlos Oliva manager profile at BDFutbol
• Nàstic Grana profile (in Spanish)