Jotha

Jotha
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Pérez Olivero
Date of birth	6 June 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Tinajo, Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Tønsberg
Youth career
	CD Tinajo
1998–1999	Lanzarote
1999–2001	Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Las Palmas B
2001–2002	→ Universidad LP (loan)
2003	Las Palmas
2004–2006	Real Madrid B
2004	Real Madrid
2006–2007	Ponferradina
2007–2008	Universidad LP
2008	→ Orientación Marítima (loan)
2008–2014	Lanzarote
2015	Tønsberg
2015–2016	Unión Sur Yaiza
2016–	Tønsberg
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 January 2016

Jonathan Pérez Olivero (born 6 June 1982), commonly known as Jotha, is a Spanish former footballer who played for Norwegian club FK Tønsberg mainly as a right winger.

Football career[edit]

Born in Tinajo, Lanzarote, Jotha graduated through UD Las Palmas' youth system, having arrived from lowly neighbours UD Lanzarote. In January 2004, after 15 games in 2003–04's second division with the first team – with the campaign eventually ending in relegation – he moved to Real Madrid, spending almost two entire seasons with its reserves.

Jotha appeared in one match with the La Liga powerhouse: on 21 September 2004, he played three minutes in a 1–0 home win against CA Osasuna after replacing legendary Raúl.^[1]

Released in June 2006, Jotha played one season in the second level with SD Ponferradina (relegation), then continued his career in the lower leagues, mainly in his native Canary Islands. In 2008, ten years after leaving, he returned to Lanzarote in division three.^[2]

Aged 32, Jotha moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing with FK Tønsberg in the Norwegian 3. divisjon and helping to promotion. In late January 2016, following a brief spell back in his country with CD Unión Sur Yaiza, he returned to his previous club.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Beckham congela la crisis blanca" [Beckham freezes white crisis]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 22 September 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
^ "La UD Lanzarote incorpora a su plantilla al centrocampista Jotha" [UD Lanzarote add midfielder Jotha to their squad] (in Spanish). Lanzarote Digital. 2008. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^ "El centrocampista Jotha abandona el Unión Sur Yaiza para regresar a Noruega" [Midfielder Jotha leaves Unión Sur Yaiza to return to Norway] (in Spanish). Lanzarote Deportiva. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

External links[edit]

Jotha at BDFutbol
Jotha at Soccerway

[1] "Beckham congela la crisis blanca" [Beckham freezes white crisis]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 22 September 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

[2] "La UD Lanzarote incorpora a su plantilla al centrocampista Jotha" [UD Lanzarote add midfielder Jotha to their squad] (in Spanish). Lanzarote Digital. 2008. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[3] "El centrocampista Jotha abandona el Unión Sur Yaiza para regresar a Noruega" [Midfielder Jotha leaves Unión Sur Yaiza to return to Norway] (in Spanish). Lanzarote Deportiva. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

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