Adolfo Olivares

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Adolfo Olivares
Personal information
Full name Adolfo Alamiro Olivares Aravena
Date of birth (1940-12-20) 20 December 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth Ocoa, Chile
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Estrella de Ocoa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Club career

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]

International career

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]

Personal life

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]

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  2. 1 2 3 Retamal, Eduardo (27 December 2017). "Las gambetas azules de Adolfo Olivares, el recordado "Cuchi Cuchi" de la U". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio . Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Palestino 1966 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Club Deportivo HUACHIPATO". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. ↑ (Memorias Santiago Morning) Delantera Santiago Morning 1968 on Facebook (in Spanish). 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "AUDAX ITALIANO La Florida". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 2 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Club Deportivo MAGALLANES". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 4 May 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  8. ↑ (Fútbol en América) Equipos: The Strongest (La Paz-Bolivia) 1974.🇧🇴 on Facebook (in Spanish). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Club THE STRONGEST". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 20 February 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Adolfo Olivares". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "Adolfo Olivares". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  12. ↑ "Especiales_EMOL. - México 1970". www.emol.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio . Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  13. ↑ Fernández, Denís (27 February 2017). "Cuchi Cuchi y su Gálvez de la guarda" (in Spanish). La Tercera . Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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