Adolfo Olivares

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

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.

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

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 ^[es] 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]