Gastón Olveira
Paraguayan footballer (born 1993)
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Gastón Hernán Olveira Echeverría (born 21 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Paraguayan Primera División club Club Olimpia. Born in Uruguay, he plays for the Paraguay national team.
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| Full name | Gastón Hernán Olveira Echeverría | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Olimpia | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| River Plate Montevideo | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2021 | River Plate Montevideo | 95 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Olimpia (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Olimpia | 124 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Paraguay | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Olveira began his career in 2013 with River Plate Montevideo. He made his league debut for the club on 19 April 2014 in a 2–1 away defeat to Sud América.[1]
On 17 January 2021, Club Olimpia announced the signing of Olveira on a season long loan deal.[2] At the end of the year, River Plate bought Olveira from River Plate and signed him on a permanently 4-year deal.[3]
International career
Olveira was part of Uruguay squad which won gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.[4] On 11 October 2019, he received his first call-up to the Uruguay national team as a replacement for Fernando Muslera.[5] On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[6] However, he was not included in the final squad, which was announced three weeks later.[7]
He was naturalized as Paraguayan in 2026, and was called up to the Paraguay national team in March 2026.[8] On 1 June 2026, he was named by head coach Gustavo Alfaro in Paraguay's 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 21 March 2026[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate Montevideo | 2013–14 | Liga AUF Uruguaya | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | 35 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 21 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 95 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 0 | |||
| Olimpia (loan) | 2021 | APF División de Honor | 5 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Olimpia | 2022 | 33 | 0 | — | 11[d] | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 19 | 0 | — | 5[c] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 46 | 0 | |||
| 2025 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2026 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 128 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 223 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 261 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
- Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final.
- Appearances in Copa Libertadores.
- Nine appearances in Copa Libertadores, and two appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
- Appearance in Supercopa Paraguay.
International
- As of match played 27 March 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
Olimpia
- Copa Paraguay: 2021
- Supercopa Paraguay: 2021
- Paraguayan Primera División: 2022 Clausura, 2024 Clausura
Uruguay U22
Individual
- Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Year: 2019[11]