Gastón Hernán Olveira Echeverría (born 21 April 1993) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Paraguayan Primera División club Club Olimpia.

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.

Gastón Olveira

On 17 January 2021, Club Olimpia announced the signing of Olveira on a season long loan deal. At the end of the year, River Plate bought Olveira fra from River Plate and signed him on a permanently 4-year deal.

Gastón Olveira

International career

Olveira was part of Uruguay squad which won gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. On 11 October 2019, he received his first call-up to the Uruguay national team as a replacement for Fernando Muslera. On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Gastón Olveira

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Uruguay U22

Pan American Games: 2015

Individual

Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Year: 2019

References

External links

1993 births

Living people

Footballers from Montevideo

Uruguayan men's footballers

Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers

Men's association football goalkeepers

Pan American Games gold medalists for Uruguay

Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games

Pan American Games medalists in football

Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games

Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players

Club Olimpia footballers

Uruguayan Primera División players

Paraguayan Primera División players

Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay

Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay