Leonardo Olivera
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Andrés Olivera Troncoso | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Curacaví, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Unión Quilpué | ||
| 2008 | Deportes Temuco | ||
| 2009 | Pachuca | ||
| 2009 | → Everton (loan) | ||
| 2009 | Deportes Temuco | ||
| 2010 | Naval | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | Cobreloa | 4 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Vasalunds IF | 23 | (9) |
| 2012 | San Luis | 16 | (6) |
| 2012 | Unión San Felipe | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Magallanes | 22 | (3) |
| 2015 | Iberia | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | Sitra Club | (2) | |
| 2016–2017 | Curicó Unido | 20 | (8) |
| 2017 | San Marcos | 15 | (4) |
| 2018 | Deportes Valdivia | 20 | (3) |
| 2018–2020 | Deportes Melipilla | 15 | (1) |
| 2020 | Cobresal | 15 | (3) |
| 2021 | Cobreloa | 15 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 July 2022 | |||
Leonardo Andrés Olivera Troncoso (born 8 June 1987) is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a striker.[1]
Career
Olivera started his senior career with Unión Quilpué.[2]
In 2010, he signed for C.D. Cobreloa in the Chilean Primera División,[3] where he made five appearances and scored zero goals. After that, he played for Deportes Temuco,[4] Naval,[5] Cobreloa,[6] San Luis de Quillota,[7] Unión San Felipe,[8] Magallanes,[9] Deportes Iberia,[10] Curicó Unido,[11] San Marcos de Arica,[12] Deportes Valdivia,[13] and Deportes Melipilla.[14]
Abroad, Olivera played for Pachuca, Vasalunds IF[7] and Sitra Club.[15]
He retired in 2021, last playing for Cobreloa.[16]
Coaching career
Following his retirement, Olivera started the football academy "Academia Golden" in his hometown, Curacaví, and made an alliance with Glen Burnie Soccer Club in Maryland, United States. In 2025, he joined the technical staff of Swiss club FC Perly-Certoux.[16][17]
References
- ^ "Chile - L. Olivera - Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ Un empate con gusto a poco Municipal Limanche
- ^ Los 162 fichajes que encendieron el mercado CDF.CL
- ^ Chile 2008 RSSSF
- ^ Equipos se refuerzan para la temporada 2010 Archived 2020-09-11 at the Wayback Machine La Estrella de Arica
- ^ Cobreloa finiquitó ayer a ocho jugadores de su primer equipo El Mercurio de Calama
- ^ a b San Luis prepara el debut de su plantel 2012 en la Noche Canaria SoyChile
- ^ U. San Felipe sumó a goleador Leonardo Olivera para el Clausura AlAireLibre.cl
- ^ Noticias Club Deportivo Magallanes
- ^ diego ruiz se convirtió en el décimo refuerzo de iberia Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
- ^ LEONARDO OLIVERA SERA JUGADOR DE CURICO UNIDO Eternos.cl
- ^ Las movidas de los clubes: Palestino se refuerza con Diego Rojas La Tercera
- ^ Leonardo Olivera ya firmó su contrato con Deportes Valdivia y se transformó en el nuevo refuerzo del Torreón ValdiviaCL (Facebook)
- ^ REFUERZO Deportes Melipilla (Twitter)
- ^ "التشيلي أوليفيرا يقود الهجوم الستراوي". أخبار الخليج.
- ^ a b Ortega, Pablo (8 August 2025). "Fue goleador, fundó una academia y llegó a Estados Unidos: "El objetivo fue ayudar a los niños de mi pueblo"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ Ortega, Pablo (8 August 2025). "Un DT chileno da el salto a Europa: "Fui solo primero y mi sueño es hacer el curso de la UEFA"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
External links
- Leonardo Olivera at Soccerway
- The story of the lone striker who became the first Chilean to play in Bahrain at archive.today (archived 11 March 2020)
- The story of Olivera, the only Chilean who played in Bahrain at archive.today (archived 11 March 2020)
- El Pachuca was tempted with a goalscorer from Tercera at archive.today (archived 11 March 2020)
- The exotic destinations of national footballers that almost no one remembers at archive.today (archived 11 March 2020)