Javier Olaizola

Javier Olaizola
Personal information
Full name Javier Olaizola Rodríguez
Date of birth (1969-11-28) 28 November 1969
Place of birth San Sebastián, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Levante B (coach)
Youth career
Michelín
Tolosa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Eibar 38 (0)
1992–1994 Real Burgos 48 (0)
1994–1995 Eibar 36 (0)
1995–2004 Mallorca 272 (1)
Total 394 (1)
National team
1998–2003 Basque Country 3 (0)
Teams managed
2013–2014 Mallorca (youth)
2014 Mallorca (caretaker)
2014–2016 Mallorca B
2016–2017 Mallorca
2018– Levante B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Javier Olaizola Rodríguez (born 28 November 1969) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a right back, and is the manager of Atlético Levante UD.

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.[1] 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).[2]

Olaizola played only 27 matches in his last two years combined, due to several injuries and age,[3] 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).[4]

On 6 December 2016, after Fernando Vázquez's dismissal, Olaizola – who was in charge of the reserves – was appointed manager of Mallorca, who now competed in the second level.[5] He was himself sacked the following 4 April, after his side was seriously threatened with relegation.[6]

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.[3]

Managerial statistics

As of 24 June 2018
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Mallorca (caretaker) Spain 20 May 2014 11 July 2014 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 033.33 [7]
Mallorca B Spain 11 July 2014 6 December 2016 95 40 28 27 134 99 +35 042.11 [8]
Mallorca Spain 6 December 2016 4 April 2017 15 2 6 7 14 21 −7 013.33 [9]
Levante B Spain 6 March 2018 5 July 2018 16 9 5 2 25 13 +12 056.25 [10]
Total 129 52 41 36 176 134 +42 040.31 —

Honours

Mallorca

References

  1. ↑ "El Mallorca pierde con orgullo" [Mallorca lose proudly] (in Spanish). El País. 20 May 1999. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ↑ El Mallorca pone al Celta en su sitio (Mallorca puts Celta in its place); El País, 18 December 2000 (in Spanish)
  3. 1 2 El coraje de Olaizola (Olaizola's courage); El País, 8 December 2002 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ «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»); El Diario Vasco, 26 September 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Javier Olaizola nuevo entrenador del RCD Mallorca (Javier Olaizola new manager of RCD Mallorca); RCD Mallorca, 6 December 2016 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Javier Olaizola deja de ser entrenador del RCD Mallorca (Javier Olaizola is no longer RCD Mallorca manager); RCD Mallorca, 4 April 2017 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ "Olaizola: Javier Olaizola Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Olaizola: Javier Olaizola Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
    "Tercera División (Grupo 11) 2015–16" [Tercera División (Group 11) 2015–16] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
    "Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2015–16" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2015–16] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
    "Olaizola: Javier Olaizola Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Olaizola: Javier Olaizola Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "At. Levante" (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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