Isidora Olave

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Isidora Olave
Personal information
Full name Isidora Victoria Olave Araneda
Date of birth (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile[1]
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
Colo-Colo
Number 7
Youth career
Audax Italiano [es]
Universidad de Chile
2013–2018 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Colo-Colo
International career
2018 Chile U17
2018–2022 Chile U20
2023– Chile 8 (1)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 November 2023

Isidora Victoria Olave Araneda (born 23 April 2002) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right winger for Colo-Colo and the Chile women's national team. Mainly a forward, she can also operate as a right back.

Club career[edit]

As a youth player, Olave was with Audax Italiano [es] and Universidad de Chile before joining the Colo-Colo youth system at the age of eleven, after a trial in front of the coach José Letelier.[2]

In 2018, she received a El Gráfico [es] award as the best youth player at under-17 level,[3] being promoted to the first team in 2019.[4]

In 2021, she had surgery for a hip injury.[3] Back to the activity, she took part of the Colo-Colo squad that won the league title the next season.[4]

International career[edit]

She represented Chile at under-17 level in the 2018 South American Championship.[5] At under-20 level, she represented Chile in three editions of the South American Championship: 2018, 2020 and 2022.[6]

At senior level, she made her debut in a 4–0 loss against Argentina on 17 February 2023 in Auckland, New Zealand.[7]

She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games,[8] where they won the silver medal.[9]

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 28 October 2023 Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile  Jamaica 4–0 6–0 2023 Pan American Games

Personal life[edit]

Olave is nicknamed Chichi since she was two years old.[2]

In 2022, she began to study at INAF [es] (National Football Institute) to become a football manager alongside fellows such as María José Urrutia, Elisa Durán, among others.[2][10]

Honours[edit]

Colo-Colo

Chile

Individual

  • Premios El Gráfico - Best Female Under-17 Player: 2017[3]
  • Premios FutFem - Best Winger: 2023[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Isidora Olave". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Mora, Andrea (16 May 2022). "Isidora Olave, la goleadora que llegó a los 11 años a Colo Colo: "Paso más tiempo en el Monumental que en mi casa"". Deportes13 (in Spanish). Canal 13. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Canelo Rojas, Javiera (6 April 2021). "Isidora Olave fue operada y se perderá el inicio del Campeonato 2021". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b Meza, Cristián (18 May 2023). "Quién es Isidora Olave, la futbolista que pide la salida de Thompson de Colo Colo". El Dínamo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  7. ^ Molina, Geraldine (17 February 2023). "La Roja Femenina cae goleada ante Argentina en el amistoso previo al repechaje". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Isidora Olave, aportando su cuota de gol". Por la Pelota (in Spanish). 29 October 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Todas las ganadoras de los Premios FutFem 2023". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

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