Adolfo Olivares
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. Club careerAs 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 careerOlivares 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 lifeHe 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] References
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