Gastón Olveira
Personal information
Full name Gastón Hernán Olveira Echeverría
Date of birth (1993-04-21) 21 April 1993
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Olimpia
Number 1
Youth career
River Plate Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2021 River Plate Montevideo 95 (0)
2021Olimpia (loan) 5 (0)
2022– Olimpia 28 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Uruguay
Men's Football
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2022

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.

Club career

Olveira 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 fra from River Plate and signed him on a permanently 4-year deal.[3]

International career

Olveira 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

Club

As of 11 December 2020[7]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate Montevideo2013–14Uruguayan Primera División100010
2014–1515000150
2015–1612000120
20167070
20174040
20180000
20193504[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]0400
20202106[lower-alpha 1]0270
Career total95000100101060
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
  2. Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final.

Honours

Uruguay U22

Individual

References

  1. "Sud America vs. River Plate – 19 April 2014 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. "Olimpia presenta a su nuevo arquero, el uruguayo Gastón Olveira". Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. River Plate of Uruguay formalizes the continuity of Gastón Olveira in Olimpia, versus.lanacion.com.py, 31 December 2021
  4. "Panamericanos: definidos los 18". Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. "Gastón Olveira convocado". Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  6. "Selección: Diego Alonso entregó la lista de 55 reservados para el Mundial de Catar" (in Spanish). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  7. Gastón Olveira at Soccerway
  8. "Equipo Ideal del Campeonato Uruguayo 2019". 27 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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