Eloy Olaya

Eloy José Olaya Prendes (born 10 July 1964 in Gijón, Asturias), known simply as Eloy, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Olaya and the second or maternal family name is Prendes.

Eloy
Personal information
Full name Eloy José Olaya Prendes
Date of birth (1964-07-10) 10 July 1964
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Colegio Inmaculada
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Sporting B 23 (5)
1982–1988 Sporting Gijón 191 (37)
1988–1995 Valencia 203 (37)
1995–1996 Sporting Gijón 36 (3)
1996–1998 Badajoz 28 (4)
Total 481 (86)
National team
1980 Spain U16 2 (0)
1981–1982 Spain U18 13 (5)
1983–1986 Spain U21 10 (4)
1985–1990 Spain 15 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

During his career, Eloy played for Sporting de Gijón (being part of a strong 80's team that achieved two fourth places in La Liga, in 1985 and 1987, with the player scoring 11 goals in 43 games in the latter season), Valencia CF (with roughly the same individual records, helping the Che to a runner-up spot in the 1989–90 campaign) and CD Badajoz (retiring after an unassuming Segunda División spell). On 28 November 1979, aged only 15, he made his professional debut, appearing with the Asturias side in a Copa del Rey contest against CD Turón as the Royal Spanish Football Federation did not allow clubs to field players from the reserves, which were able to also compete in the tournament in that period.[1]

After retiring in 1998 at the age of 34, with top level totals of 429 matches and 76 goals, Eloy served as director of football for main club Sporting, from 2001 to 2006.[2]

International career

During slightly less than five years, Eloy earned 15 caps and scored four goals for the Spain national team. He was a participant in the 1986 FIFA World Cup[3] where he netted against Algeria in a 3–0 win,[4] also missing in a penalty shootout quarter-final loss to Belgium,[5] and UEFA Euro 1988 (no appearances).

Eloy's debut came on 20 November 1985 in a 0–0 friendly with Austria, played in Zaragoza.[6]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 January 1986Insular, Las Palmas, Spain Soviet Union2–02–0Friendly
2.12 June 1986Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico Algeria0–30–31986 FIFA World Cup
3.1 April 1987Prater, Vienna, Austria Austria0–12–3Euro 1988 qualifying
4.1 April 1987Prater, Vienna, Austria Austria1–22–3Euro 1988 qualifying

Honours

Club

Valencia

International

Spain U21

References
  1. Eloy jugó en la Copa con 15 años (Eloy played in Cup at the age of 15); La Nueva España, 9 October 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. "El Sporting se plantea recuperar a Eloy Olaya" [Sporting thinking about bringing Eloy Olaya back] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. "Del utillero falangista al positivo de Calderé: nuestro Mundial 86 en diez episodios" [From the falangista kit man to Calderé's positive: our 86 World Cup in ten episodes] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. "3–0: A lomos de Calderé, España cruzó el desierto buscando el "grupo de la muerte"" [3–0: On the back of Calderé, Spain crossed the desert in search of the "group of death"] (in Spanish). ABC. 13 June 1986. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  5. "1–1: Buenas noches, España" [1–1: Good night, Spain] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 23 June 1986. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. "0–0: Nos congelamos todos" [0–0: We all froze] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 21 November 1985. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  7. Supertítulo (Supertitle); Mundo Deportivo, 28 June 1995 (in Spanish)
  8. ¡¡¡Campeones!!! (Champions!!!); Mundo Deportivo, 30 October 1986 (in Spanish)
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