José Luis Oltra

Born in Valencia, Oltra spend the vast majority of his 14-year senior career in the lower leagues, representing Valencia CF Mestalla, SD Sueca, Levante UD, Yeclano Deportivo (two spells), Elche CF, Benidorm CF and Ontinyent CF. During an eight-season haul in Segunda División B, he amassed totals of 193 games and 21 goals.

The exception to this was in the 1991–92 campaign, when Oltra was part of CE Sabadell FC's squad in Segunda División. His debut as a professional took place on 8 September 1991, when he came as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 home draw against Real Avilés.[1] He retired in 2001, aged 32.

Oltra started working as a manager immediately after retiring, with amateurs Catarroja CF. In 2002, he was appointed at third level club CD Castellón,[2] leaving two years later by mutual consent and joining another team in that level, Levante UD B.[3]

Late into 2004–05, Oltra replaced fired Bernd Schuster at the helm of Levante's first team for the last four matches.[4] He was not able to prevent La Liga relegation, and was himself relieved of his duties on 1 November 2005 due to poor results.[5]

From 2006 to 2009, Oltra continued to work in division two, with Ciudad de Murcia[6] and CD Tenerife.[7] After collecting 24 wins from 42 games in the latter season, he led the latter team to the third place and the subsequent promotion.[8]

In an emotional press conference, Oltra left the Canary Islands club on 20 May 2010 after suffering relegation.[9] He continued to work in the top flight in the 2010–11 campaign, being one of three managers in charge of UD Almería[10] as they went on to rank in 20th and last position.[11]

Oltra won the 2012 second tier championship with his next team, Deportivo de La Coruña.[12] He was sacked on 30 December of that year, after a 0–2 away loss to RCD Espanyol that left the Galicians ranking last.[13]

In the following seasons, always in the second division, Oltra coached RCD Mallorca,[14] Recreativo de Huelva,[15] Córdoba CF,[16] Granada CF,[17] Tenerife,[18] Racing de Santander[19] and CF Fuenlabrada.[20]

As of match played 20 July 2020

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Catarroja		30 June 2001	1 July 2002	34	15	11	8	49	32	+17	044.12	[21]
Castellón		1 July 2002	8 July 2004	89	45	25	19	114	67	+47	050.56	[22]
Levante B		8 July 2004	2 May 2005	34	14	12	8	34	22	+12	041.18	[23]
Levante		2 May 2005	31 October 2005	15	4	5	6	14	20	−6	026.67	[24]
Ciudad Murcia		8 July 2006	1 July 2007	43	18	9	16	53	46	+7	041.86	[25]
Tenerife		1 July 2007	20 May 2010	128	47	36	45	176	185	−9	036.72	[26]
Almería		24 November 2010	5 April 2011	24	8	5	11	35	49	−14	033.33	[27]
Deportivo La Coruña		29 May 2011	30 December 2012	65	34	12	19	109	92	+17	052.31	[28]
Mallorca		9 June 2013	24 February 2014	28	9	9	10	36	45	−9	032.14	[29]
Recreativo		27 June 2014	10 February 2015	26	6	7	13	25	37	−12	023.08	[30]
Córdoba		10 June 2015	27 November 2016	62	25	15	22	80	79	+1	040.32	[31]
Granada		3 June 2017	19 March 2018	32	14	7	11	43	37	+6	043.75	[32]
Tenerife		17 September 2018	12 May 2019	33	9	13	11	33	40	−7	027.27	[33]
Racing Santander		4 February 2020	21 July 2020	16	3	3	10	13	23	−10	018.75	[34]
Fuenlabrada		3 February 2021	Present	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	[35]
Career total				629	251	169	209	814	774	+40	039.90	—

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