Christopher Olivares

Christopher Olivares
Olivares playing for Peru U20 in 2018
Personal information
Full name Christopher Robin Olivares Burga
Date of birth (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Deportivo Garcilaso
Youth career
–2016 Esther Grande de Bentín
2017 Sporting Cristal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Sporting Cristal 90 (16)
2019Vitória Guimarães B (loan) 9 (1)
2023 Deportivo Municipal 15 (6)
2023 Cusco FC 13 (0)
2024 Universitario de Deportes 10 (2)
2025 Atlético Grau 21 (2)
2026- Deportivo Garcilaso 0 (0)
International career
2015 Peru U17 3 (0)
2018–2019 Peru U20 2 (0)
2020 Peru U23 4 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Peru
Youth Olympic Games
2014 Nanjing
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:02, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:02, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Christopher Robin Olivares Burga (born 3 April 1999) is a footballer who currently plays as a forward for Peruvian Liga 1 club Deportivo Garcilaso. Born in Greece, he represents Peru at youth level.

He is the son of former Peru International Percy Olivares.

Early life

Olivares was born on 3 April 1999 in Thessaloniki, Greece second largest and most populous city and capital of the Central Macedonia. He is the only child of Percy Olivares and Cristina Burga. His father, also a footballer, played for PAOK FC at the time of his birth. His family, originally from Lima and of Afro-Peruvian descent, was living in Thessaloniki at the time.

From an early age, he showed an inclination for attacking football. Although he developed his game in a comfortable environment, his first contact with the world of football came in 2004, when he joined the youth ranks of Esther Grande de Bentín. He even did internships in October 2015 at Twente, in September 2016 at Benfica and Eintracht Frankfurt, and in December 2016 he travelled to Mexico with Andy Huamán to try out for the Pumas UNAM. In early 2017, he joined the Sporting Cristal reserve team on loan, where he converted to centre forward in the team managed by Pablo Zegarra.[1] He participated in the reserve and Copa Federación tournaments until August 2017, when he made the leap to the first team, where he ended up staying.[2]

Career

Olivares came from the youth ranks of Esther Grande de Bentín, where he played as an attacking midfielder. In 2017, he moved to Sporting Cristal and started playing in its reserves, where he was reconverted into a centre-forward by manager Pablo Zegarra, scoring 18 goals. In August of that year, he was promoted to the first team, making his professional debut coming from the bench in a 0–0 home draw against Juan Aurich and scoring his first professional goal the following matchday, in a 2–2 away draw against Unión Comercio.

International career

On 9 June 2023, Olivares was called up for the first time to Peru national team to play in matches against Japan and South Korea, being called up as an emergency replacement following injuries to Luis Advíncula and Andy Polo.

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 June 2019.[3][4]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting Cristal 2017 Peruvian Primera División 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
2018 23 4 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 25 4
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 38 5
Vitória Guimarães B (loan) 2018–19 LigaPro 9 1 0 0 9 1
Career total 45 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 47 6
Notes

Honours

Sporting Cristal
Universitario de Deportes
Peru U15

Notes

  1. ^ Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana

References

  1. ^ "Christopher Olivares: "Alberto Rodríguez es muy inteligente para la marca" – LaNueve" (in European Spanish). 1 April 2017. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Christopher Olivares, el '9' con alma de '10'". DENGANCHE (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. ^ Christopher Olivares at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  4. ^ Christopher Olivares at ForaDeJogo (archived)