Adolfo Alamiro Olivares Aravena (20 December 1940 – 23 June 2025) was a Chilean

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who played as a striker. Besides Chile, he played in El Salvador and Bolivia.

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. He made his professional debut with

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in 1961. After two seasons with Ferrobádminton, he joined

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in 1964, taking part in the well-known squad known as '' El Ballet Azul'', staying with them for three seasons. In his homeland at the top division, he also played for

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and

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. Abroad, he played for Alianza in El Salvador and both

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and

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in Bolivia. With The Strongest, where he coincided with his compatriot Manuel Jesús Ortiz, he won the league title in 1974 and took part in the

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. His last club was

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in the 1979 season. Following his retirement, he went on playing football at the amateur level in leagues such as Liga La Reina from

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and Liga Independiente de Fútbol from

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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.

Personal life and death

He was nicknamed ''Cuchi-Cuchi'', a nickname that was given by his fellow footballer

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after he went out with Silvia Ferrer, known by that stage name, an Argentine star from the theater. After suffering and getting over lymph node cancer, he was helped by Martín Gálvez, a former player of Universidad de Chile. Adolfo died on 23 June 2025, at the age of 84.Falleció Adolfo Olivares, campeón con U. de Chile en el mítico "Ballet Azul"

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