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Personal information
Nicolás Olivera
Full name	Andrés Nicolás Olivera
Date of birth	May 30, 1978 (1978-05-30) (age 31)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.69m(5ft 7in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Puebla FC
Number	10
Senior career¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–1997 1998 1998–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004 2005 2005–2006 2006 2007 2008 2008–2009 2009–	Defensor Valencia CF Sevilla FC Real Valladolid Córdoba CF Defensor Albacete Defensor Necaxa Atlas Puebla Veracruz Puebla FC	044 (16) 002 0(0) 099 (31) 020 0(4) 038 0(9) 004 0(0) 004 0(0) 023 (10) 016 0(3) 032 0(7) 017 0(5) 033 (14) 017 0(4)
National team²
1997–2006	Uruguay	028 0(8)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 28, 2009. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 19, 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrés Nicolás Olivera (born 30 May 1978 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan football player.

He currently plays for the Mexican team [[FC Puebla |]Puebla]. He played for several clubs, including Defensor Sporting Club, Sevilla FC (Spain), Córdoba CF (Spain), Real Valladolid (Spain), Necaxa (Mexico), F.C. Atlas A.C. (Mexico), and Puebla (Mexico).

[edit] International career

He plays for Uruguay and was a participant of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

He made his debut against United Arab Emirates, on 13 December 1997 at 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.

In the Malaysia 1997 U-20 World Cup, Olivera was chosen the best player of the tournament.

[edit] External links

Nicolás Olivera stats at MedioTiempo.com (Spanish)

v • d • e FIFA U-20 World Cup - Golden Ball

1977: Bessonov \| 1979: Maradona \| 1981: Gabor \| 1983: Geovani \| 1985: Silas \| 1987: Prosinečki \| 1989: Bismarck \| 1991: Peixe \| 1993: Adriano \| 1995: Caio \| 1997: Olivera \| 1999: Keita \| 2001: Saviola \| 2003: Matar \| 2005: Messi \| 2007: Agüero \| 2009: Adiyiah

v • d • e Uruguay squad – 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Fourth Place

1 Nicola • 2 López • 3 Montero • 4 Méndez • 5 de los Santos • 6 Adinolfi • 7 García • 8 Vespa • 9 Zalayeta • 10 Olivera • 11 Silva • 12 Flores • 13 Hernández • 14 Callejas • 15 Díaz • 16 Pellegrín • 17 Coelho • 18 Rivas • 19 Pacheco • 20 Recoba • Coach: Púa

v • d • e Uruguay squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Carini • 2 Méndez • 3 Lembo • 4 Montero • 5 García • 6 Rodríguez • 7 Guigou • 8 Varela • 9 Silva • 10 O'Neill • 11 Magallanes • 12 Munúa • 13 Abreu • 14 Sorondo • 15 Olivera • 16 Romero • 17 Regueiro • 18 Morales • 19 Bizera • 20 Recoba • 21 Forlán • 22 De los Santos • 23 Elduayen • Coach: Púa

Puebla F.C. – current squad

1 Villalpando · 2 Rincón · 3 Acosta · 4 Muñóz · 5 Ortiz · 6 Infante · 7 Rosas · 8 Martínez · 9 Vigneri · 10 Olivera · 11 Mora · 12 García Rulfo · 14 Noriega · 15 Rey · 17 Reyes · 18 García · 19 Sánchez · 20 Ruiz · 21 Alarcón · 22 Aja · 23 Velázquez · 24 Pérez · 25 López Mondragón · 26 Juárez · 27 Peralta · 28 Anzaldo · 29 Salinas · 30 Ayala · 32 Dartigues · 33 Álvarez · 34 Garmendia · Manager: Sánchez Solá

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