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
 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)
Teams managed
2014 Mallorca (caretaker)
2014– Mallorca B

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Olaizola and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

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.[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]

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 20 November 2016
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Mallorca (caretaker)[5] Spain 20 May 2014 30 June 2014 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 33.33
Mallorca B[6][7] Spain 1 July 2014 Present 93 40 26 27 134 99 +35 43.01
Total 96 41 28 27 137 100 +37 42.71

Honours

Mallorca

References

  1. ↑ "El Mallorca pierde con orgullo" [Mallorca loses 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 (Spanish)
  3. 1 2 El coraje de Olaizola (Olaizola's courage); El País, 8 December 2002 (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»); Diario Vasco, 26 September 2011 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ "Olaizola: Javier Olaizola Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Olaizola: Javier Olaizola Rodríguez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Mallorca B Fixtures and Results". resultados-futbol. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

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