Oleguer Presas

Oleguer, March 2011

Oleguer Presas i Renom, known as Oleguer [ ulə'ge ] ( born February 2, 1980 in Sabadell ) is a former Spanish footballer. The defender is out of contract since 2011. He previously played for Ajax Amsterdam and FC Barcelona.

Career

Association

Oleguers football career began at Lepanto, a club based in his home city of Sabadell. Afterwards he played in San Gabriel before he moved to UDA Gramenet 1997, in which he played 41 games in the third Spanish league. In 2001 it took the FC Barcelona under contract, where he initially for one year, came into use in the B team. His debut for the senior team, he gave in 2002 at a Champions League match against Galatasaray; in La Liga on 12 January 2003 against FC Malaga. In the season 2004/ 05 he was one of the strongest players of Barcelona, ​​and contributed to winning the Spanish Championship at. Although he usually runs at right-back, he played this season often as a central defender, as Barça had injury problems. In the following season, he dueled with the offensive Juliano Belletti aligned to the position of right-back but still retains the upper hand. He won this season again, the Spanish Cup and the Champions League, where though he belonged to the starting lineup in the final but was later replaced with the victory goal scorers Belleti. In the season 2006/ 07 Oleguer dismounted because of Zambrotta and Thuram Additions to substitute and played only 25 league games mostly as a substitute. For the 2007/08 season he regained his place at first, but lost him again soon and denied a total of only 12 league games.

Oleguer joined the 2008/2009 season for three million euros to the Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam, where he was to replace the migrated Johnny Heitinga. In his first season Oleguer still part of the permanent staff, but in subsequent seasons, the number of his league inserts reduced to six and three. At the end of his three-year contract at Ajax, he is without a club since 2011.

National

Oleguer plays for the Catalan football selection, however, is not officially recognized by FIFA and UEFA as a team and therefore may not participate in any international tournament. Despite his support of Catalan separatism and related speculation in the media - he would refuse to play for the Spanish national football team - Oleguer traveled to the training camp of the provisional Spanish squad for the FIFA World Cup 2006, in which he was appointed coach Aragonés. In the end, however, he was not appointed to the World Cup squad.

Achievements

• Spanish Cup: 2005, 2006
• Spanish Supercup: 2005, 2006
• UEFA Champions League: 2006
• Dutch master: 2011

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Oleguer is very active in the left scene. In the wake of the eviction of an illegal youth pub in Sabadell in September 2003, eleven protesters were arrested, including Oleguer, according to the police on suspicion of assaulting a police officer. Because this offense is Oleguer since the fall of 2007 in court. In September 2008, the prosecutor asked for a prison sentence of two years.

For the squatter scene, he should still have good contacts, but is currently limited to the writing of books with a socialist content and performances at rallies. Oleguer polarized in March 2006, when he presented his latest book in occupied social center Can Vies in Barcelona, ​​two days before the classic against Real Madrid, which is still a symbol of the Catalan struggle against the Spanish central government. In February 2007, he lost a sponsorship deal with the sports shoe manufacturer Kelme, after he had called for an interview for a 25-fold because of the murder of more than 3000 years in prison convicted ETA terrorists for the release because of poor health. The terrorist was on a hunger strike and was force-fed in prison.

In early 2006, made ​​Oleguer at the Autonomous University of Barcelona with a degree in economics. Then he began to study the science of history.