Juan Carlos Olave (born 21 February 1976) is an Argentine retired

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who played as a

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. He spent most of his professional career with

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Club career

Born in Córdoba in the namesake province, Olave started playing professionally with hometown's Club Atlético Belgrano, also having a brief loan spell in

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with

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. After the former was relegated to the

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in 2002 he moved to Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, where he first established as a

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player. In 2004, Olave joined Real Murcia in the Spanish second level, where he served as backup. Upon returning to Gimnasia he continued as a starter, but was relegated to the bench after several off-key performances; his replacement, Carlos Kletnicki, did not convince new manager Francisco Maturana, who required that a new goalkeeper be acquired in the next

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, and

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was brought in from Colo-Colo. Olave then returned for another spell at Belgrano, in the winter of 2007 – previously, he had been transfer listed by the club which had the player's rights, Murcia, with Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield being the main contender for his services. He moved to Belgrano, however, and on 13 March 2009 reached league the 100-game mark with the side, who still competed in division two. Belgrano eventually returned to the top flight. On 26 June 2011, in the

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against

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, he saved a

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from Mariano Pavone in an eventual 1–1 away draw, with his team winning 3–1 on aggregate and sending the opposition to the second division for the first time in their history. In November 2012, during a game against

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, Olave was hit by a

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thrown onto the field by a fan. The match was suspended. On 18 December 2016, after a further five top flight seasons with his main club, the 40-year-old retired from the game; from 30 April 2017 until 7 March 2019, he was Belgrano's sporting director.

Personal life

Olave was a cousin to musician

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Honours

Individual

Ubaldo Fillol Award The Ubaldo Fillol Award (from the Spanish: ''Premio Ubaldo Fillol''), was a football award that went to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio of each tournament of the Argentine Primera División. The award was created by Argentine ...

(lowest "goals-to-games" ratio): Final 2013

References

External links

Argentine League statistics
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olave, Juan Carlos 1976 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Bolivian Primera División players Club Bolívar players Segunda División players Real Murcia CF players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Footballers from Córdoba, Argentina