Mathías_Olivera
Mathías Olivera
Uruguayan footballer (born 1997)
Mathías Olivera Miramontes (born 31 October 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Napoli and the Uruguay national team.[3][4]
 Olivera with Uruguay U20 in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mathías Olivera Miramontes[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997 (age 26)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Napoli | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Nacional | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Nacional | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Atenas | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Getafe | 105 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Albacete (loan) | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Napoli | 48 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Uruguay U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Uruguay U20 | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Uruguay | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:49, 7 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Uruguay
Born in Montevideo, Olivera is a Nacional 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.[5]
Olivera appeared in only one further match for the club, a 0–2 loss at Plaza Colonia on 29 February 2016. In December of that year, he was bought outright by his agent Daniel Fonseca and assigned to Atenas de San Carlos in Segunda División.[6]
In July 2017, Oliveira passed a medical at Galatasaray, but eventually did not sign a contract and subsequently returned to Uruguay.[7]
Getafe
On 14 August 2017, Olivera signed a six-year deal with La Liga club Getafe.[8] He scored his first professional goal on 21 April 2018, netting the game's only in a 1–0 win against Eibar.[9]
Albacete (loan)
On 4 July 2018, Segunda División side Albacete 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.[10]
Napoli
On 26 May 2022, Italian club Napoli announced the signing of Olivera on a three-year deal.[11]
Olivera is a former Uruguay youth international. He was part of Uruguay under-20 team which won 2017 South American U-20 Championship and finished fourth at 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[12]
On 7 January 2022, Olivera was named in Uruguay's 50-man preliminary squad for FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Paraguay and Venezuela.[13] He made his senior team debut on 27 January 2022 in a 1–0 win against Paraguay.[14]
Club
- As of match played 7 April 2024[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nacional | 2015–16 | Uruguayan Primera División | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Atenas | 2017 | Uruguayan Segunda División | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Getafe | 2017–18 | La Liga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |||
| Total | 104 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 111 | 2 | ||
| Albacete (loan) | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
| Napoli | 2022–23 | Serie A | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 63 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 169 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 177 | 5 | ||
- Includes Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 26 March 2024[3]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 2022 | 11 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Uruguay’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Olivera goal.[15]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 October 2023 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia |  Colombia | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Napoli
Uruguay U-20
- "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- "Olivera, Mathías Olivera Miramontes - Footballer". BD Futbol. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- Mathías Olivera at Soccerway
- "5 – Mathías Olivera – AUF". Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- "Nacional letal y contundente; 3:0" [Lethal and overwhelming Nacional, 3–0] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- "Fonseca se lleva al juvenil Olivera" [Fonseca takes the youth player Olivera] (in Spanish). Referi. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- "La sombra de Fonseca en el misterioso pase de Mathías Olivera" [The shadow of Fonseca in the mysterious rights of Mathías Olivera] (in Spanish). Referi. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- "Mathías Oivera, nuevo refuerzo azulón" [Mathías Olivera, new azulón addition] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- "Eibar vs. Getafe – 21 April 2018". Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- "Gracias, Mathías". Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- "Il Napoli ufficializza l'acquisto di Mathias Olivera". S.S.C. Napoli. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- "Reservados vs. Paraguay y Venezuela". Uruguayan Football Association. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- "Damián Suárez y Olivera debutan con Uruguay con victoria". Getafe. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- Mathías Olivera at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Napoli win Serie A for first time in 33 years". BBC Sport. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- Profile at the S.S.C. Napoli website
- Profile at the Uruguayan Football Association website (in Spanish)
- Mathías Olivera – UEFA competition record (archive)
