Mathías Olivera Miramontes (born 31 October 1997) is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as a left-back for club Napoli and the Uruguay national team.

Club career

Uruguay

Born in

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, Olivera is a

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youth graduate. After progressing through the youth setup, he made his professional debut on 13 February 2016, starting and being booked in a 3–0 away win against River Plate. Olivera appeared in only one further match for the club, a 2–0 loss at

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on 29 February 2016. In December of that year, he was bought outright by his agent

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and assigned to Atenas de San Carlos in

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. In July 2017, Oliveira passed a medical examination at Galatasaray, but eventually did not sign a contract and subsequently returned to Uruguay.

Getafe

On 14 August 2017, Olivera signed a six-year deal with

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club Getafe. He scored his first professional goal on 21 April 2018, netting the game's only in a 1–0 win against Eibar.

Loan to Albacete

On 4 July 2018,

side

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announced the signing of Olivera on a season-long loan deal. He played 15 matches and scored a goal for the club before his loan was cut short by Getafe on 25 January 2019.

Napoli

On 26 May 2022, Italian

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club Napoli announced the signing of Olivera on a three-year deal.

International career

Olivera is a former Uruguay youth international. He was part of Uruguay under-20 team which won

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and finished fourth at

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. On 7 January 2022, Olivera was named in Uruguay's 50-man preliminary squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against

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and

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. He made his senior team debut on 27 January 2022 in a 1–0 win over Paraguay. He scored his first goal for Uruguay in a 2–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw against

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on 12 October 2023. In June 2024, Olivera was called up to represent Uruguay at the

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. In their final group stage match against the

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, he scored the only goal of a 1–0 victory.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Uruguay’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Olivera goal.''

Honours

Napoli *

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Uruguay U-20 *

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Uruguay *

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third place:

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References

External links

Profile
at the S.S.C. Napoli website
Profile
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