Cristian Olivares (footballer, born 1976)

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Cristian Olivares
Personal information
Full name Cristian Andrés Olivares López
Date of birth (1976-05-23) 23 May 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Antofagasta, Chile
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Deportes Antofagasta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Deportes Antofagasta 0 (0)
1995–1999 Magallanes
1999 Coquimbo Unido 16 (1)
2000 Colo-Colo 0 (0)
2000–2001 Coquimbo Unido 29 (1)
2002 Deportes Temuco 19 (0)
2003 Deportes Antofagasta
2004 Persekabpas Pasuruan (1)
2005 Petrokimia Putra (4)
2006–2007 Persema Malang (5)
International career
2008–2010 Chile (beach soccer)
2010 Chile (futsal)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristian Andrés Olivares López (born 23 May 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a attacking midfielder for clubs in Chile and Indonesia. He also was a Chile international beach soccer and futsal player.

Club career[edit]

A product of Deportes Antofagasta youth system, he played for Magallanes from 1995 to 1999,[1] winning the 1995 Tercera División [es].[2]

After a stint with Coquimbo Unido in 1999,[3] he joined Colo-Colo in 2000. Despite he made appearances in friendly matches and the Copa Gato [es] during the preseason, he made no appearances in the league.[4] Then he returned to Coquimbo Unido until 2001, playing after for Deportes Temuco[5][6] and Deportes Antofagasta.[4]

Abroad, he played in Indonesia between 2004 and 2007[7] for Persekabpas Pasuruan,[8] Petrokimia Putra[9] and Persema Malang.[10]

International career[edit]

Following his retirement as a football player, he represented the Chile beach soccer team in both the 2008[11] and the 2009 South American Championships, alongside retired professional footballers such as Rodrigo Sanhueza, Rodrigo Cuevas, Jorge Torres [es], Germán Osorio and Carlos Medina, with Miguel Ángel Gamboa as coach.[12] In 2010, he also won the XI Copa Latina.[13]

In 2010, he also represented the Chile futsal team in the South American Games,[1] while he was a futsal player of Unión Española.[14]

Post retirement[edit]

Olivares graduated as a PE teacher at the Alberto Hurtado University[4] and has spent time as futsal and football coach, teacher and sports assistant at the same university as well as other institutions such as Andrés Bello University and football academies.[1]

He has taken part of matches for "Colo-Colo de Todos los Tiempos", a team made up by former players of Colo-Colo.[4]

Personal life[edit]

He is the older brother of Richard Olivares, who also played for Magallanes, Deportes Temuco, Deportes Antofagasta and Coquimbo Unido.[15]

He was nicknamed Chico (Little)[9] due to his height.[4]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Magallanes

Chile (beach soccer)

Individual[edit]

  • Best Amateur Player of the Season: 1995[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Cristian Olivares López on LinkedIn
  2. ^ "RECORDANDO AL MAGALLANES DE LOS 90, EL ASCENSO DEL 95". www.manojitos.cl (in Spanish). 28 March 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Coquimbo 1999 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e Martínez, Alfredo (5 January 2020). "La loca Noche Alba en que se presentó al Maradona de la B" (PDF). Las Últimas Noticias. Santiago, Chile: LUN. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Temuco 2002 - Campeonato de Apertura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Temuco 2002 - Campeonato de Clausura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. ^ Album del Recuerdo: Futbolistas Chilenos en Indonesia Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior on Facebook (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (22 February 2013). "Indonesia 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b Istanto, Feri; Herfiyana, Novan; Stokkermans, Karel (22 February 2013). "Indonesia 2005". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  10. ^ Istanto, Feri; Herfiyana, Novan; Stokkermans, Karel (22 February 2013). "Indonesia 2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Esteban Valencia y su nuevo desafío: el fútbol playa". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Gamboa definió lista de seleccionados chilenos que participarán en el Sudamericano de fútbol playa". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Fútbol playa: Chile derrotó a Argentina y se titula campeón de la XI Copa Latina". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 31 January 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Unión Española campeona del Futsal". eldeportero.cl (in Spanish). 30 July 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Los 123 años de Magallanes, el primer tricampeón de Primera División" (in Spanish). ANFP. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  16. ^ a b Rivas, Ilich (2 November 2022). "Los dos títulos de Magallanes en Tercera División". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2023.

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