Gerard Oliva

Gerard Oliva Gorgori (born 7 October 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Gimnàstic de Tarragona as a forward.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Oliva and the second or maternal family name is Gregori.
Gerard Oliva
Personal information
Full name Gerard Oliva Gorgori
Date of birth (1989-10-07) 7 October 1989
Place of birth Riudecanyes, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Gimnàstic
Number 9
Youth career
2002–2005 Santes Creus
2005–2007 Gimnàstic
2007–2008 Reus
2009 Catania
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Logroñés 10 (1)
2009–2011 Numancia B 43 (21)
2010–2011 Numancia 29 (8)
2011–2013 Atlético Madrid B 61 (19)
2013–2014 Huesca 8 (0)
2014 Ried 15 (1)
2014–2015 Murcia 35 (3)
2015 Compostela 13 (1)
2016 Hospitalet 14 (2)
2016–2017 Badalona 34 (18)
2017–2018 Atlético Baleares 35 (7)
2018–2019 Cracovia 3 (1)
2019– Gimnàstic 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:06, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Riudecanyes, Tarragona, Catalonia, Oliva started his youth career in local UE Barri Santes Creus and Gimnàstic de Tarragona, and after a brief period with neighbouring CF Reus Deportiu, he made his senior debuts with CD Logroñés in the 2008–09 season, in Tercera División; however, he left the club in the following transfer window, due to financial problems.

In January 2009, Oliva moved abroad and joined Italian side Calcio Catania, being assigned to the Primavera squad. In July, he returned to his country, signing with CD Numancia and being assigned to the reserves in the fourth level. On 4 December of the following year, Oliva made his professional debut, playing the last 26 minutes of a 1–2 home loss against Real Betis, for the Segunda División championship.[1]

On 21 June 2011, Oliva signed with another reserve team, Atlético Madrid B, in Segunda División B.[2] Two seasons later, he joined SD Huesca, freshly relegated to the third level.[3]

On 17 January 2014, it was confirmed that Oliva signed a six-month deal with Austrian Bundesliga side SV Josko Ried.[4] He scored the winning goal in his first game for Ried in a 2–1 home victory over SC Wiener Neustadt on 8 February 2014.[5]

On 27 August 2014, Oliva returned to his country, signing a one-year deal with Real Murcia in the third level.[6] He continued to appear in the category in the following years, representing SD Compostela,[7] CE L'Hospitalet, CF Badalona and CD Atlético Baleares.[8]

References
  1. El Betis supera en Soria un obstáculo hacia el ascenso (Betis overcomes a promotion obstacle in Soria); Marca, 4 December 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. El Atlético de Madrid ficha al delantero Gerard Oliva para la plantilla del filial (Atlético de Madrid signs forward Gerard Oliva for the reserves' squad); Atlético Madrid's official website, 21 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. Gerard Oliva, refuerzo para el Huesca (Gerard Oliva, reinforcement for Huesca); Vavel, 2 September 2013 (in Spanish)
  4. Gerard Oliva ficha por el SV Ried de Austria (Gerard Oliva signed for SV Ried of Austria); Vavel, 18 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. http://sportnet.at/home/fussball/bundesliga/Ried/1560255/SV-Ried-2-Wiener-Neustadt-1_Neuzugang-schiesst-Ried-zum-Sieg
  6. Gerard Oliva, nuevo jugador grana (Gerard Oliva, new grana player) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine; Real Murcia, 27 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. La SD Compostela cierra el fichaje del delantero Gerard Oliva (SD Compostela completes the signing of forward Gerard Oliva); SD Compostela, 23 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. El Atlético Baleares ata a Gerard Oliva (Atlético Baleares tie up Gerard Oliva); Diario de Mallorca, 24 July 2017 (in Spanish)
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