Moved to UD Almería in Spain's 2nd tier: El estadounidense 🇺🇸 de 18 años Fede Oliva (2004) se unirá a la UD Almería, me dice una fuente. El delantero, que tiene 12 partidos con #USYNT’s, deja la academia del Atlético después de 10 años. La UDA ha insistido mucho en reclutarle. Acuerdo pendiente de firmas. #USMNT #LaLiga pic.twitter.com/eJ5vEmGywY— Jaime Ojeda (@jaimeor96) August 31, 2022
Minor correction: Almería got promoted so they are in La Liga this season. ...which probably doesn't mean anything since Oliva is most likely playing with their B/U19 teams.
But why would Oliva leave if he was already playing with AM U19. I think he left because he thinks or was convinced that he may get first team minutes with Almeria.
Very likely found himself in the same situation Ben Lederman did at Barcelona. And at the same age as well.
Appeared for the B team: 🇺🇸 Fede Oliva joined UD Almeria last week and was originally meant to play with the u19s. Yesterday he was called up to the reserves. Today he made his debut in the Almeria shirt as Almeria B looks to cruise to a 2-0 win! 📈📈📈#USMNT pic.twitter.com/RNQuAAuIXk— USMNT burner (@burnerusmnt) September 11, 2022
Fede Oliva (18) 🇦🇷🇺🇸 gets his first start for Almería Juvenil A (U19), top level in their academy. They won 2-0 to move into joint top position in Spain’s Division de Honor 🇺🇸⚽️📈 https://t.co/bSRPoqWrYQ— FOOTBALL is life 🇺🇸🇦🇷⚽️🤓 (@chrisnwoolson) November 19, 2022
Starts in cup match: ⚔️ Alineación del #UDAJuvenilA frente al @Alaves #AcademiaUDA 🦁⚪️🔴 pic.twitter.com/EE8LMt1GnZ— UD Almería B y Academia UD Almería (@AcademiaUDA) January 25, 2023
Scored: FINAL | 🏆 División de Honor Juvenil♦️ #UDAJuvenilA 2-1 @CalaveraCFutbol⚽️ Fede Oliva⚽️ Rachad #AcademiaUDA 🦁⚪️🔴 pic.twitter.com/A3cQ73qJCn— UD Almería B y Academia UD Almería (@AcademiaUDA) February 11, 2023