Christopher Olivares

Christopher Robin Olivares Burga (born 3 April 1999) is a footballer who currently plays as a forward for Peruvian Liga 1 club Deportivo Garcilaso. Born in Greece, he represents Peru at youth level.

He is the son of former Peru International Percy Olivares.

Early life Olivares was born on 3 April 1999 in Thessaloniki, Greece second largest and most populous city and capital of the Central Macedonia. He is the only child of Percy Olivares and Cristina Burga. His father, also a footballer, played for PAOK FC at the time of his birth. His family, originally from Lima and of Afro-Peruvian descent, was living in Thessaloniki at the time.

From an early age, he showed an inclination for attacking football. Although he developed his game in a comfortable environment, his first contact with the world of football came in 2004, when he joined the youth ranks of Esther Grande de Bentín. He even did internships in October 2015 at Twente, in September 2016 at Benfica and Eintracht Frankfurt, and in December 2016 he travelled to Mexico with Andy Huamán to try out for the Pumas UNAM. In early 2017, he joined the Sporting Cristal reserve team on loan, where he converted to centre forward in the team managed by Pablo Zegarra. He participated in the reserve and Copa Federación tournaments until August 2017, when he made the leap to the first team, where he ended up staying.

Career Olivares came from the youth ranks of Esther Grande de Bentín, where he played as an attacking midfielder. In 2017, he moved to Sporting Cristal and started playing in its reserves, where he was reconverted into a centre-forward by manager Pablo Zegarra, scoring 18 goals. In August of that year, he was promoted to the first team, making his professional debut coming from the bench in a 0–0 home draw against Juan Aurich and scoring his first professional goal the following matchday, in a 2–2 away draw against Unión Comercio.

International career On 9 June 2023, Olivares was called up for the first time to Peru national team to play in matches against Japan and South Korea, being called up as an emergency replacement following injuries to Luis Advíncula and Andy Polo.

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