Full name Oliver Cuadrado Martin Years Team Position Goalkeeper 1988–1996 Real Madrid Height 1.83 m | Playing position Role Footballer Place of birth Madrid, Spain Name Oliver Martin | |
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Date of birth (1977-07-12) 12 July 1977 (age 38) | ||
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Oliver Cuadrado Martín (born 12 July 1977), known simply as Oliver, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and the current goalkeeper coach of Getafe CF.
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Football career
Born in Madrid, Oliver spent 12 years connected with local – and La Liga – giants Real Madrid, but only appeared with its B and C-sides, even though he occasionally trained with the first team managed by Vicente del Bosque, also being called for some games without however making his debut.
Leaving the club in 2000, he signed with SD Compostela in the second division, appearing in 14 league matches in his first season, which ended in relegation. After being first-choice as the Galicians returned to the second level, Oliver was again backup in the 2002–03 campaign, with Compos again dropping down a division in spite of having finished in ninth position; after a 1–2 loss against relegation-threatened Córdoba CF on 15 June 2003, he was accused of having been paid to help the visiting club win (not holding an easy shot attempt in the Andalusians' second goal), but nothing was ever proved.
Subsequently, Oliver resumed his career in divisions three and four, also having a spell in Switzerland with SC Young Fellows Juventus.