Mathías Olivera
Olivera with Uruguay U20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mathías Olivera Miramontes[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997[1]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
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 41 (2)
International career‡
2015 Uruguay U18 3 (0)
2015–2017 Uruguay U20 28 (3)
2022– Uruguay 16 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
South American U-20 Championship
Winner2017 Ecuador
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:51, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023

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]

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 December 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nacional 2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División 20—0020
2016 00——00
Total 20000020
Atenas 2017 Uruguayan Segunda División 00——00
Getafe 2017–18 La Liga 3110—41
2018–19 14000—140
2019–20 240005[lower-alpha 2]0290
2020–21 31010—320
2021–22 32100—321
Total 104220501112
Albacete (loan) 2018–19 Segunda División 15100—151
Napoli 2022–23 Serie A 302108[lower-alpha 3]0392
2023–24 110004[lower-alpha 3]0150
Total 41210120542
Career total 1625301701685

International

As of match played 16 November 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uruguay 2022110
202351
Total161
Scores and results list Uruguay’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Olivera goal.[15]
List of international goals scored by Mathías Olivera
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
112 October 2023Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Colombia1–11–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Napoli

Uruguay U-20

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. ↑ "Olivera, Mathías Olivera Miramontes - Footballer". BD Futbol. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Mathías Olivera at Soccerway
  4. ↑ "5 – Mathías Olivera – AUF". Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Nacional letal y contundente; 3:0" [Lethal and overwhelming Nacional, 3–0] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Fonseca se lleva al juvenil Olivera" [Fonseca takes the youth player Olivera] (in Spanish). Referi. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Eibar vs. Getafe – 21 April 2018". Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "Gracias, Mathías". Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "Il Napoli ufficializza l'acquisto di Mathias Olivera". S.S.C. Napoli. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  12. ↑ @Uruguay (25 April 2017). "#Sub20" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ "Reservados vs. Paraguay y Venezuela". Uruguayan Football Association. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "Damián Suárez y Olivera debutan con Uruguay con victoria". Getafe. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  15. ↑ Mathías Olivera at National-Football-Teams.com
  16. ↑ "Napoli win Serie A for first time in 33 years". BBC Sport. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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