Joaquín del Olmo

Joaquín Alberto del Olmo Blanco (born 20 April 1969 in Tampico) is a retired Mexican football midfielder and current consultant[1] for Real Oviedo of Segunda División.

Joaquín del Olmo

Personal information
Full name	Joaquín Alberto del Olmo Blanco
Date of birth	(1969-04-20) 20 April 1969
Place of birth	Tampico, Mexico
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Real Oviedo (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	Tampico	52	(1)
1990–1994	Veracruz	85	(5)
1994–1996	América	70	(4)
1996–1997	Vitesse Arnhem	15	(4)
1997–1998	Necaxa	38	(1)
1998–2003	UANL	113	(4)
2000	→ Puebla (loan)	13	(0)
2002	→ Chiapas (loan)	14	(2)
2003–2005	UNAM	51	(2)
National team
1993–2001	Mexico	51	(3)
Teams managed
2006–2007	Tigres B (assistant)
2007–2008	Correcaminos UAT (assistant)
2009	Correcaminos UAT
2009–2010	Veracruz
2010–2011	Tijuana
2012	Veracruz
2012	UNAM
2013	Correcaminos UAT
2014–2017	Real Oviedo (manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A defensive midfielder who occasionally played as a fullback at international level, he began his top-division career with Tampico in the 1988–89 season.[2] Del Olmo joined Veracruz in 1990 and soon became a starter; in the 1993–94 season, he played 33 matches and scored 4 times.[2] He joined America after the 1994 World Cup, staying for two years before moving to the Netherlands to Vitesse Arnhem in the 1996–97 season.[3] Upon del Olmo's return to Mexico in 1997, he represented Necaxa, Tigres, Puebla, and Chiapas during the following six years.[2] Most of that time was spent at Tigres, where he participated in the Invierno 2001 final.[4] He closed his top-flight career with UNAM, playing on the Pumas team that won consecutive championships in 2004.[2]

Del Olmo also earned 51 caps and 3 goals for the Mexico national team. He made his international debut on 29 June 1993 against Costa Rica, in a 2–0 victory.[5] Under coach Miguel Mejia Baron, del Olmo represented Mexico in that year's CONCACAF Gold Cup[6] and made the squad for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he played in Mexico's first-round games against Norway, Ireland, and Italy.[7] He also appeared at the 1995 Copa América[8] and 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup,[9] as well as several qualifiers for the 1998 FIFA World Cup,[7] but he missed out on Manuel Lapuente's final World Cup squad. After a long absence from the team, del Olmo was recalled at age 32 by Enrique Meza in 2001. He earned his last cap on 16 June 2001 in a 2–1 loss at Estadio Azteca to Costa Rica in a qualifier for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[10]