Adolfo Alamiro Olivares Aravena (born 20 December 1940) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a

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. Besides Chile, he played in El Salvador and Bolivia.

Club career

As a youth player, Olivares was with club Estrella de Ocoa. At a professional level, he mainly developed his career in the Chilean top division. 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. In his homeland at the top division, he also played for Palestino, Huachipato, Santiago Morning,

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and

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. Abroad, he played for Alianza in El Salvador and both

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and Aurora in Bolivia. With The Strongest, where he coincided with his compatriot Manuel Jesús Ortiz, he won the league title in 1974 and took part in the 1975 Copa Libertadores. His last club was Unión San Felipe in the 1979 season. 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.

International career

Olivares 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.

Personal life

He is nicknamed ''Cuchi-Cuchi'', a nickname that was given by his fellow footballer

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after he went out with Silvia Ferrer, known by that stage name, an Argentine star from the theater. After suffering and getting over lymph node cancer, he was helped by Martín Gálvez, a former player of Universidad de Chile.

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