Francisco José Olivas Alba (born 21 August 1988), known as Kiko, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender.
He played 400 Segunda División games over 14 seasons, representing seven clubs mainly Villarreal B and Cartagena (three years apiece). In La Liga, he appeared for the first team of the former and Valladolid.Kiko Olivas cierra la retaguardia (Kiko Olivas completes the back line); Diario AS, 21 July 2022 (in Spanish)Un futbolista de Segunda acaba de entrar en el Top 10 de partidos disputados en la categoría (A Segunda footballer has just made the of Top 10 of matches played in that tier); Marca, 15 December 2025 (in Spanish)
Club career Born in Antequera, Province of Málaga, Kiko finished his youth career at local giants Málaga CF, and appeared five times for the first team in the 2006–07 season, whilst the Andalusians were in the Segunda División. In the following summer he signed with Villarreal CF, being one of the reserves' most important defensive members as they reached, for the first time, the country's second tier.Vila-real festejó el ascenso del filial a Segunda (Vila-real celebrated promotion of the reserves to Segunda); Diario AS, 23 June 2009 (in Spanish)Kiko: "Queremos empezar como acabamos: ganando" (Kiko: "We want to start like we finished: winning"); Diario AS, 27 August 2009 (in Spanish)
On 30 August 2009, Kiko made his debut for the first team, playing 90 minutes in a 1–1 La Liga draw at CA Osasuna.Osasuna 1–1 Villarreal ; ESPN Soccernet, 30 August 2009 In his second match, already in 2010, he was sent off after a late tackle on Valencia CF's David Villa – a penalty was also awarded, with the same player scoring – in a 4–1 away defeat.Valencia thrash rivals ; ESPN Soccernet, 17 January 2010
After being deemed surplus to requirements at Villarreal, Olivas left and signed a two-year deal with division two club Córdoba CF on 3 August 2012.El Córdoba ficha a Kiko Olivas (Córdoba sign Kiko Olivas); Marca, 3 August 2012 (in Spanish) He remained in that league the following years, representing CE Sabadell FC,Kiko Olivas ficha por el Sabadell (Kiko Olivas signs for Sabadell); Marca, 7 August 2013 (in Spanish) Girona FC,Kiko Olivas firma por dos temporadas con el Girona (Kiko Olivas signs for two seasons with Girona); Marca, 24 July 2015 (in Spanish) Real ValladolidKiko Olivas cierra la zaga (Kiko Olivas completes the defence); Real Valladolid, 22 August 2017 (in Spanish) and FC Cartagena,Kiko Olivas, jerarquía y calidad para la defensa del Efesé (Kiko Olivas, hierarchy and quality for the defence of Efesé); FC Cartagena, 21 July 2022 (in Spanish) achieving top-flight promotion with GironaKiko Olivas deja el Girona (Kiko Olivas leaves Girona); Marca, 21 August 2017 (in Spanish) and Valladolid.34 jugadores pasaron por la plantilla blanquivioleta en la campaña del ascenso (34 players were part of white-and-violet squad in promotion campaign); El Norte de Castilla, 16 June 2018 (in Spanish)
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