Gastón Olveira Explained

Gastón Olveira
Fullname:	Gastón Hernán Olveira Echeverría
Birth Date:	1993 4, df=y
Birth Place:	Montevideo, Uruguay
Currentclub:	Olimpia
Clubnumber:	1
Position:	Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:	River Plate Montevideo
Years1:	2014–2021
Clubs1:	River Plate Montevideo
Caps1:	95
Goals1:	0
Years2:	2021
Clubs2:	→ Olimpia (loan)
Caps2:	5
Goals2:	0
Years3:	2022–
Clubs3:	Olimpia
Caps3:	28
Goals3:	0
Club-Update:	16 October 2022

Gastón Hernán Olveira Echeverría (born 21 April 1993) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Paraguayan Primera División club Club Olimpia.

Club career

Olveira began his career in 2013 with River Plate Montevideo. He made his league debut for the club on 19 April 2014 in a 2–1 away defeat to Sud América.^[1]

On 17 January 2021, Club Olimpia announced the signing of Olveira on a season long loan deal.^[2] At the end of the year, River Plate bought Olveira fra from River Plate and signed him on a permanently 4-year deal.^[3]

International career

Olveira was part of Uruguay squad which won gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.^[4] On 11 October 2019, he received his first call-up to the Uruguay national team as a replacement for Fernando Muslera.^[5] On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
River Plate Montevideo	2013–14	Uruguayan Primera División	1	0	—		0	0	—		1	0
	2014–15		15	0	—		0	0	—		15	0
	2015–16		12	0	—		0	0	—		12	0
	2016		7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	2017		4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2018		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2019		35	0	—		4^[7]	0	1^[8]	0	40	0
	2020		21	0	—		6	0	—		27	0
Career total			95	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	106	0

Honours

Uruguay U22

• Pan American Games: 2015

Individual

• Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Year: 2019^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sud America vs. River Plate – 19 April 2014 – Soccerway. int.soccerway.com. 23 February 2019.
2. Web site: Olimpia presenta a su nuevo arquero, el uruguayo Gastón Olveira. 10 February 2021.
3. https://versus.lanacion.com.py/versus/2021/12/31/river-plate-de-uruguay-oficializa-la-continuidad-de-gaston-olveira-en-olimpia/ River Plate of Uruguay formalizes the continuity of Gastón Olveira in Olimpia
4. Web site: Panamericanos: definidos los 18. 12 October 2019.
5. Web site: Gastón Olveira convocado. 12 October 2019.
6. Web site: Selección: Diego Alonso entregó la lista de 55 reservados para el Mundial de Catar. 21 October 2022. 21 October 2022. es.
7. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
8. Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final.
9. Web site: Equipo Ideal del Campeonato Uruguayo 2019. 27 December 2019. 23 December 2022.