Born in Valencia de Alcántara, Cáceres, Extremadura, Oviedo joined Atlético Madrid at the age of just 18, from Zamora CF.
[2] In January 1958, after a short stint at Rayo Vallecano, Oviedo moved to La Liga with Sevilla FC.
He left the club in 1966, and after subsequent spells at Granada CF and Levante UD he retired in 1968, aged only 29, due to a knee injury.
After spells at UD Poblense and CD Atlético Baleares, he was appointed RCD Mallorca manager in 1979; with the side in Tercera División, he achieved two consecutive promotions and took the club back to the second level after a six-year absence.
In the 1993 summer Oviedo was appointed at the helm of newly promoted Mármol Macael CD, but was sacked in January of the following year.