Carlos Oliva

Carlos Alberto Oliva Argueta (born 28 July 1979) is a retired Honduran football player who currently works as an evangelical pastor.

Club career Oliva started his career at Real C.D. España, where he debuted on 21 February 1998 against Club Deportivo Olimpia. He went on to score 50 goals in the league for several clubs over a 10-year period until 2009.

He joined C.D. Victoria in the summer of 2009 only to return to C.D.S. Vida a year later. He retired in December 2012.

He made his senior debut for Honduras in a May 2000 friendly match against Canada and has earned a total of 18 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

His final international was a February 2008 friendly match against Paraguay.

International goals Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 12 February 2006 Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China 1–0 1–0 Friendly match 2. 24 March 2007 Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States 1–0 2–0 Friendly match 3. 24 March 2007 Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States 2–0 2–0 Friendly match

Evangelical work During his time at Victoria, Oliva led a congregation in La Ceiba, which was moved to Choloma, where he preached every Monday. After retiring as a football player, he worked for the Ministerio Apostólico Avance Misionero.