Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adolfo Alamiro Olivares Aravena | ||
Date of birth | 20 December 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Ocoa, Chile | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Estrella de Ocoa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1961 | Everton | 13 | (7) |
1962–1963 | Ferrobádminton | 45 | (19) |
1964–1966 | Universidad de Chile | 26 | (13) |
1966 | Palestino | 1 | (0) |
1967 | Huachipato | 33 | (10) |
1968–1969 | Santiago Morning | 60 | (32) |
1970–1971 | Audax Italiano | 25 | (5) |
1972 | Magallanes | 21 | (6) |
1973 | Alianza | ||
1974–1976 | The Strongest | ||
1977 | CD Aurora | ||
1978 | Huachipato | 0 | (0) |
1979 | Unión San Felipe | ||
International career | |||
1968–1969 | Chile | 15 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Adolfo Alamiro Olivares Aravena (born 20 December 1940) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a striker. Besides Chile, he played in El Salvador and Bolivia.
As a youth player, Olivares was with club Estrella de Ocoa. At a professional level, he mainly developed his career in the Chilean top division.[1] He made his professional debut with Everton de Viña del Mar in 1961. After two seasons with Ferrobádminton, he joined Universidad de Chile in 1964, taking part in the well-known squad known as El Ballet Azul, staying with them for three seasons.[2] In his homeland at the top division, he also played for Palestino,[3] Huachipato,[4] Santiago Morning,[5] Audax Italiano[6] and Magallanes.[7]
Abroad, he played for Alianza in El Salvador[1] and both The Strongest and Aurora in Bolivia. With The Strongest, where he coincided with his compatriot Manuel Jesús Ortiz,[8][9] he won the league title in 1974 and took part in the 1975 Copa Libertadores.[1]
His last club was Unión San Felipe in the 1979 season.[10]
Following his retirement, he went on playing football at the amateur level in leagues such as Liga La Reina from Huechuraba and Liga Independiente de Fútbol from Santiago.[2]
Olivares made fifteen appearances for the Chile national team in friendly matches and the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and scored seven goals between 1968 and 1969.[11][12]
He is nicknamed Cuchi-Cuchi, a nickname that was given by his fellow footballer Rubén Marcos after he went out with Silvia Ferrer, known by that stage name, an Argentine star from the Bim Bam Bum [es] theater.[2][1]
After suffering and getting over lymph node cancer, he was helped by Martín Gálvez, a former player of Universidad de Chile.[13]