Isidora Victoria Olave Araneda (born 23 April 2002) is a Chilean

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Chile women's national team. Mainly a forward, she can also operate as a

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Club career

As a youth player, Olave was with and

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before joining the

youth system at the age of eleven, after a trial in front of the coach José Letelier. In 2018, Olave received a award as the best youth player at under-17 level, being promoted to the first team in 2019. In 2021, she had surgery for a hip injury. Back to the activity, she took part of the Colo-Colo squad that won the league title the next season. In the second half of 2024, Olave moved abroad and signed with Mexican club

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. She returned to Colo-Colo in June 2025.

International career

She represented Chile at under-17 level in the 2018 South American Championship. At under-20 level, she represented Chile in three editions of the South American Championship: 2018, 2020 and 2022. At senior level, she made her debut in a 4–0 loss against

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on 17 February 2023 in

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, New Zealand. She represented Chile at the

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, where they won the silver medal.

Career statistics

International goals

''Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first''

Personal life

Olave is nicknamed ''Chichi'' since she was two years old. In 2022, she began to study at (National Football Institute) to become a

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alongside fellows such as María José Urrutia,

Elisa Durán Elisa Antonia Durán Barrera (born 16 January 2002) is a Chilean Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Colo-Colo (women), Colo-Colo. Club career Durán played for Colo-Colo (women), Colo-Colo U-17 team in 2017 and 2018, ...

, among others.

Honours

Colo-Colo * Primera División (2): , Chile *

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Silver Medal:

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Individual * Premios El Gráfico - Best Female Under-17 Player: 2017 * Premios FutFem - Best Winger:

References

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Isidora Olave
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Isidora Olave
at ANFP {{DEFAULTSORT:Olave, Isidora 2002 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean women's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportswomen Colo-Colo (women) footballers Atlético San Luis footballers Chile women's youth international footballers Chile women's international footballers Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile Women's association football forwards Pan American Games silver medalists in football Chilean expatriate women's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate women's footballers in Mexico Liga MX Femenil players