Gastón Hernán Olveira Echeverría (born 21 April 1993) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Paraguayan Primera División club Club Olimpia.
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| Full name | Gastón Hernán Olveira Echeverría | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Olimpia | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| River Plate Montevideo | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2021 | River Plate Montevideo | 95 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Olimpia (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Olimpia | 82 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editOlveira began his career in 2013 with River Plate Montevideo. He made his league debut for the club on 19 April 2014 in a 2–1 away defeat to Sud América.[1]
On 17 January 2021, Club Olimpia announced the signing of Olveira on a season long loan deal.[2] At the end of the year, River Plate bought Olveira from River Plate and signed him on a permanently 4-year deal.[3]
International career
editOlveira was part of Uruguay squad which won gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.[4] On 11 October 2019, he received his first call-up to the Uruguay national team as a replacement for Fernando Muslera.[5] On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[6]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 11 December 2020[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate Montevideo | 2013–14 | Uruguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | 35 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 21 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
- ^ Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final.
Honours
editUruguay U22
Individual
- Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Year: 2019[8]
References
edit- ^ "Sud America vs. River Plate – 19 April 2014 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "Olimpia presenta a su nuevo arquero, el uruguayo Gastón Olveira". Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ River Plate of Uruguay formalizes the continuity of Gastón Olveira in Olimpia, versus.lanacion.com.py, 31 December 2021
- ^ "Panamericanos: definidos los 18". Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Gastón Olveira convocado". Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Selección: Diego Alonso entregó la lista de 55 reservados para el Mundial de Catar" (in Spanish). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ Gastón Olveira at Soccerway
- ^ "Equipo Ideal del Campeonato Uruguayo 2019". 27 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
External links
edit- Gastón Olveira at WorldFootball.net
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