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Gastón Olveira

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Gastón Olveira
Personal information
Full name Gastón Hernán Olveira Echeverría
Date of birth (1993-04-21) 21 April 1993 (age 31)
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 82 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Uruguay
Men's Football
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
*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

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

International career

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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

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Club

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As of 11 December 2020[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
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
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
  2. ^ Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final.

Honours

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Uruguay U22

Individual

References

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  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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