Cristian Olivera

Cristian Gonzalo Olivera Ibarra (born 17 April 2002) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a right winger for Spanish club UD Almería B.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Olivera and the second or maternal family name is Ibarra.
Cristian Olivera
Personal information
Full name Cristian Gonzalo Olivera Ibarra
Date of birth (2002-04-17) 17 April 2002
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Almería B
Number 34
Youth career
Arapey Mendoza
Potencia
Flores Palma
Danubio (AUFI)
Cerrito
Danubio
Defensor Sporting
2018–2019 Rentistas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Rentistas 32 (6)
2020–2021 Almería 3 (0)
2021– Almería B 2 (0)
National team‡
2017 Uruguay U15 4 (0)
2018–2019 Uruguay U17 19 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 April 2019

Club career

Early career

Born in Montevideo, Olivera started his career at the age of three in Club Arapey Mendoza.[1] He subsequently represented Potencia, Club Flores Palma de Baby Fútbol, Club Danubio, Cerrito, Danubio and Defensor Sporting before joining Rentistas in 2018.[2]

Rentistas

In September 2018, aged just 16, Olivera signed his first professional contract with Rentistas.[3] He made his first team debut for on 5 May of the following year, coming on as a second-half substitute for goalscorer Renato César in a 1–0 Uruguayan Segunda División away win against Central Español.[4]

Olivera scored his first senior goal on 20 July 2019, netting the opener in a 2–1 away defeat of Villa Teresa,[5] and ended the season with three goals in 25 appearances overall, as his club achieved promotion to Primera División. He made his debut in the top tier on 16 February 2020, starting in a 2–0 home success over Nacional.

Olivera scored his first goal in the top tier on 22 February 2020, netting the equalizer in a 3–2 win at Boston River, and was an important unit in Rentistas' start of the campaign, as his club won five of their first ten league matches.

Almería

On 15 September 2020, Olivera moved abroad for the first time in his career, after signing a five-year deal with Spanish Segunda División side UD Almería,[6] for a rumoured fee of €2 million.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 9 September 2020.[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rentistas 2019 Segunda División 213——4[lower-alpha 1]0253
2020 Primera División 113———113
Total 326——40366
Almería 2020–21 Segunda División 0000——00
Career total 326000040366
  1. Appearance(s) in Promotion play-offs

References
  1. "Cristian Olivera, la joya de Rentistas que vive con $ 1.000 y fue felicitado por Bergessio" [Cristian Olivera, the Rentistas pearl who lives with $1,000 and was praised by Bergessio] (in Spanish). El Observador. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. "Cristian Olivera: su historia y su juego a pura velocidad" [Cristian Olivera: his story and his game at full speed] (in Spanish). ESPN. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. "Cristian Olivera, delantero de la Selección Sub 17, ya firmó contrato con el Renta" [Cristian Olivera, forward of the under-17 national team, already signed contract with Renta]. CA Rentistas (in Spanish). Facebook. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. "Central Español 0 Rentistas 1" (in Spanish). El Ascenso. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. "Villa Teresa 1 Rentistas 2" (in Spanish). El Ascenso. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. "Cristian Olivera, un "misil" para la banda derecha del Almería" [Cristian Olivera, a "missile" to the right wing of Almería] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. "Cristian Olivera, oficial; Raúl Guti viaja mañana" [Cristian Olivera, official; Raúl Guti travels tomorrow] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  8. Cristian Olivera at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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