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

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who plays as a

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for club

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and the Uruguay national team. After starting his career with few appearance at his home country, he moved to Spanish club Getafe, where he spent five seasons while also being loaned to Albacete in 2018–19. After five years in Spain, he joined Italian club Napoli, winning the Serie A titles in 2022–23 and 2024–25. Olivera is a former youth international for Uruguay, he made his debut at senior level on January 2022, representing the country at the

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and

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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

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. In July 2017, Oliveira passed a medical examination at

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, 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

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

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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

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

. 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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, 2024–25 Uruguay U-20 *

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Uruguay *

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third place:

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References

External links

Profile
at the SSC Napoli website
Profile
at the Uruguayan Football Association website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olivera, Mathias 1997 births Living people Footballers from Montevideo Men's association football fullbacks Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Club Nacional de Football players La Liga players Segunda División players Getafe CF footballers Albacete Balompié players SSC Napoli players 2022 FIFA World Cup players 2024 Copa América players Uruguay men's youth international footballers Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers Uruguay men's international footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy