Adolfo Olivares

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Olivares and the second or maternal family name is Aravena.

Adolfo Olivares
Personal information
Full name Adolfo Alamiro Olivares Aravena
Date of birth (1940-12-20)20 December 1940
Place of birth Ocoa, Chile
Date of death 23 June 2025(2025-06-23) (aged 84)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Estrella de Ocoa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961 Everton 13 (7)
1962–1963 Ferrobádminton 45 (19)
1964–1966 Universidad de Chile 26 (13)
1966 Palestino 1 (0)
1967 Huachipato 33 (10)
1968–1969 Santiago Morning 60 (32)
1970–1971 Audax Italiano 25 (5)
1972 Magallanes 21 (6)
1973 Alianza
1974–1976 The Strongest
1977 CD Aurora
1978 Huachipato 0 (0)
1979 Unión San Felipe
International career
1968–1969 Chile 15 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adolfo Alamiro Olivares Aravena (20 December 1940 – 23 June 2025) was a Chilean footballer who played as a striker. 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.[1] 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.[2] In his homeland at the top division, he also played for Palestino,[3] Huachipato,[4] Santiago Morning,[5] Audax Italiano[6] and Magallanes.[7]

Abroad, he played for Alianza in El Salvador[1] and both The Strongest and Aurora in Bolivia. With The Strongest, where he coincided with his compatriot Manuel Jesús Ortiz,[8][9] he won the league title in 1974 and took part in the 1975 Copa Libertadores.[1]

His last club was Unión San Felipe in the 1979 season.[10]

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.[2]

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.[11][12]

Personal life and death

He was nicknamed Cuchi-Cuchi, a nickname that was given by his fellow footballer Rubén Marcos after he went out with Silvia Ferrer, known by that stage name, an Argentine star from the Bim Bam Bum theater.[2][1]

After suffering and getting over lymph node cancer, he was helped by Martín Gálvez, a former player of Universidad de Chile.[13] Adolfo died on 23 June 2025, at the age of 84.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Chomsky (11 September 2016). "Olivares, el Cuchi Cuchi" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Retamal, Eduardo (27 December 2017). "Las gambetas azules de Adolfo Olivares, el recordado "Cuchi Cuchi" de la U". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Palestino 1966 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Club Deportivo HUACHIPATO". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. ^ (Memorias Santiago Morning) Delantera Santiago Morning 1968 on Facebook (in Spanish). 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  6. ^ "AUDAX ITALIANO La Florida". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 2 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Club Deportivo MAGALLANES". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 4 May 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  8. ^ (Fútbol en América) Equipos: The Strongest (La Paz-Bolivia) 1974.🇧🇴 on Facebook (in Spanish). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Club THE STRONGEST". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 20 February 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Adolfo Olivares". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Adolfo Olivares". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Especiales_EMOL. - México 1970". www.emol.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  13. ^ Fernández, Denís (27 February 2017). "Cuchi Cuchi y su Gálvez de la guarda" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  14. ^ Soto, Scarlet; Cerda, Claudia (1 January 2019). "Descubriendo las relaciones de las personas con la naturaleza en Chile central : estudio de caso en una comuna periurbana". Luna Azul (48): 135–155. doi:10.17151/luaz.2019.48.8. ISSN 1909-2474.
  15. ^ Falleció Adolfo Olivares, campeón con U. de Chile en el mítico "Ballet Azul" (in Spanish)
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