Rubén Ariel Olivera da Rosa (born 4 May 1983 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a midfielder, and current coach.
 Olivera with Lecce in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Ariel Olivera da Rosa | ||
| Date of birth | 4 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Danubio | 37 | (21) |
| 2003–2009 | Juventus | 22 | (4) |
| 2004 | → Atlético Madrid (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Peñarol (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | → Genoa (loan) | 20 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Peñarol | 17 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Lecce | 43 | (4) |
| 2012–2014 | Fiorentina | 14 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Genoa (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2014 | Brescia | 32 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Latina | 38 | (6) |
| 2017 | Liga de Quito | 12 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Latina | 13 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Racing Aprilia | 48 | (11) |
| 2019–2020 | Ostiamare | 8 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | A.C Trento | 15 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2005 | Uruguay | 18 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022 | Racing Aprilia | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:21, 8 May 2020 (UTC) | |||
A versatile player, he is capable of playing anywhere in midfield and throughout his career he has been deployed as a left or right winger, as a central midfielder, as an attacking midfielder, and even as a forward.[2][3]
Playing career
editOlivera began his career in Danubio, in 2001, and after making good performances for Danubio, was later signed by Juventus in 2002. He made his Serie A debut in 2–1 win to A.S. Roma, on 19 April 2003, as Juventus won the title that season, under manager Marcello Lippi.[3]
He was loaned to Atlético Madrid during the second half of the 2003–04 season, after he did not make any appearances for the club. He returned from his loan in 2004, but was also used scarcely under manager Fabio Capello, in particular during the 2005–06 season.[3][4] In 2007, while playing for Sampdoria on loan, he was banned for 5 matches for punching an opponent in the ribs, and also for kicking him in the groin.[3]
Following his time on loan with Sampdoria, Olivera returned to Juventus in 2007, although he was loaned out again to Urugyan side Peñarol in 2008.[3] In 2008, he signed permanently with Genoa on a year contract.[3] For the 2009–10 season, he went back to Uruguay on loan with Peñarol.[5] On 1 July 2010, he returned to Italy, signing a 3-year contract with Lecce.[6]
In 2012, he was signed by Fiorentina, and he remained at the club for a season and a half.[2]
On 30 January 2014, Olivera joined Serie B side Brescia on an 18-month deal.[7]
In January 2015 he moved to Latina. He played 3 games and scored a goal for the team before an injury put an end to his season in April 2015. In 2015-16 he scored 5 goals in 33 appearances in Serie B. Olivera then joined Liga de Quito on 1 January 2017.[8] However, he returned to Latina in Italy in September 2017 who now was playing in Serie D.[9] In February 2018, he was also appointed technical director of Latina.[10] He left Latina in the summer 2018 and said to the medias, that his career was over.[11] However, his former Latina teammate, Daniele Corvia, convinced him to join fellow league club, Aprilia Racing, which he also did on 16 July 2018.[12]
In December 2019, 36-year old Olivera joined Ostiamare.[13] He moved back to Aprilia in June 2020, but announced his retirement in May 2021 after being diagnosed with a heart condition.[14]
International career
editOlivera made 18 appearances for Uruguay between 2001 and 2005, and he represented his country at the 2001 Copa América under manager Daniel Passarella, as Uruguay were eliminated in the semi-finals, finishing the tournament in fourth place.
Coaching career
editOn 3 June 2022, Racing Aprilia announced to have hired Olivera as their new head coach.[15] He was however sacked just two months later, on 19 August, a few weeks before the start of the 2022–23 Serie D season.[16]
Honours
edit- Serie A (1): 2002–03
- Italian Super Cup (1): 2003
References
edit- ^ "Us Lecce Spa". Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ a b Andrea Giannattasio (30 January 2012). "OLIVERA, La scheda del nuovo trequartista viola" [OLIVERA, The profile of Fiorentina's new attacking midfielder] (in Italian). Tuttomercato. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ruben OLIVERA" (in Italian). Il Pallone Racconta. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ Fabrizio Turco (30 July 2006). "Via Capello, Olivera spera" [Capello leaves, Olivera hopes] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ Ruben Olivera Set For Penarol Return
- ^ "Contratto triennale per Ruben Olivera" (in Italian). La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. 5 July 2010. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Rubén Olivera al Brescia Calcio" [Rubén Olivera at Brescia Calcio] (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 30 January 2014.
- ^ Rubén Olivera es el nuevo refuerzo de Liga de Quito‚ eluniverso.com, 30 December 2016
- ^ Latina, il colpo a sorpresa è il centrocampista uruguaiano Ruben Olivera: "Sono pronto", latinaoggi.eu, 19 September 2017
- ^ Il Latina Calcio Giovani presenta Ruben Olivera, nuovo direttore tecnico, h24notizie.com, 7 February 2018
- ^ Ruben Olivera shock: "La mia carriera è finita qui", gazzettaregionale.it, 4 July 2018
- ^ Ruben Olivera ci ripensa e firma con l'Aprilia Racing Club, latinatoday.it, 16 July 2018
- ^ Serie D, scelta di vita. La storia di Ruben Olivera e il sogno dell'Ostiamare, gianlucadimarzio.com, 13 December 2019
- ^ "L'ex Juventus Ruben Olivera lascia il calcio giocato: "Ho un problema cardiaco. Farò l'allenatore"" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "RUBEN OLIVERA E' IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DELL'APRILIA: UFFICIALE IL GRANDE RITORNO DELL'URUGUAIANO AL QUINTO RICCI". Racing Aprilia - Official Facebook. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Aprilia, esonerato Ruben Olivera dall'incarico di allenatore" (in Italian). SerieD24.com. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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