Joseba del Olmo

Joseba del Olmo
	Del Olmo celebrating Hércules' promotion, 2010
Personal information
Full name	Joseba del Olmo García
Date of birth	20 June 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Barakaldo, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1993–1999	Sporting Lutxana
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Sporting Lutxana
2000–2002	Arenas Getxo
2002–2004	Lemona
2004–2006	Barakaldo
2006–2007	Sestao
2007–2008	Eibar
2008–2009	Athletic Bilbao
2009–2011	Hércules
2010–2011	→ Ponferradina (loan)
2012–2013	Eibar
2013–2014	Laudio
2014–2015	Lagun Onak
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2015

Joseba del Olmo García (born 20 June 1981) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left winger.

Club career

Del Olmo was born in Barakaldo, Biscay. From 1999 to 2004 he played in the Basque lower leagues (Tercera División or lower), subsequently representing Barakaldo CF and Sestao River Club in Segunda División B.

In 2007–08, del Olmo played in the Segunda División for the first time in his career, with SD Eibar. At the end of the season, regional neighbours Athletic Bilbao paid the €300,000 buyout clause in his contract^[1] and, on 13 June 2008, he signed a one-year deal which included automatic renewal for another year if he appeared in a minimum of 22 official games as well as a buyout clause of €20 million;^[2] he was officially presented four days later.^[3]

After an unspectacular campaign which included a spell out with a fractured ulna^[4] and did not feature enough appearances to trigger the contract extension del Olmo was released by Athletic and returned to the second level, agreeing to a two-year deal with Hércules CF.^[5] Although he rarely started and did not find the net throughout the 2009–10 season, he did appear in 20 matches as the Alicante side returned to the top flight after 13 years. However, he did not get another opportunity to play at that level, instead being loaned to SD Ponferradina who suffered relegation at the end of the 2010–11 Segunda División campaign (Hércules also went straight back down).

He later had another spell at Eibar, helping them to gain promotion from the third tier in 2012–13, albeit he only started two of the 11 fixtures in which he appeared, and the following year stayed down at the same level with CD Laudio but was unable to prevent the Álava minnows' relegation. He spent a final season back in the Tercera División at CD Lagun Onak.

References

^ Una regeneración completa, o casi, para una nueva etapa [Complete regeneration, or nearly, for a new spell]; Gara, 3 June 2009 (in Spanish)
^ Joseba del Olmo ya es jugador del Athletic [Joseba del Olmo already an Athletic player]; Diario AS, 13 June 2008 (in Spanish)
^ Joseba del Olmo's presentation; Athletic Bilbao, 17 June 2008
^ Del Olmo vuelve a una convocatoria del Athletic [Del Olmo returns to an Athletic match squad]; Marca, 3 April 2009 (in Spanish)
^ Del Olmo refuerza al Hércules [Del Olmo bolsters Hércules]; Diario AS, 3 July 2009 (in Spanish)

External links

[1] Una regeneración completa, o casi, para una nueva etapa [Complete regeneration, or nearly, for a new spell]; Gara, 3 June 2009 (in Spanish)

[2] Joseba del Olmo ya es jugador del Athletic [Joseba del Olmo already an Athletic player]; Diario AS, 13 June 2008 (in Spanish)

[3] Joseba del Olmo's presentation; Athletic Bilbao, 17 June 2008

[4] Del Olmo vuelve a una convocatoria del Athletic [Del Olmo returns to an Athletic match squad]; Marca, 3 April 2009 (in Spanish)

[5] Del Olmo refuerza al Hércules [Del Olmo bolsters Hércules]; Diario AS, 3 July 2009 (in Spanish)

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