Isidora Olave
Quick Facts
Biography
Isidora Victoria Olave Araneda (born 23 April 2002) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right winger for Mexican club Atlético San Luis and the Chile women's national team. Mainly a forward, she can also operate as a right back.
Club career
As a youth player, Olave was with Audax Italiano 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.
In 2018, she received a El Gráfico award as the best youth player at under-17 level, being promoted to the first team in 2019.
In 2021, she had surgery for a hip injury. Back to the activity, she took part of the Colo-Colo squad that won the league title the next season.
In the second half of 2024, she moved abroad and signed with Mexican club Atlético San Luis.
International career
She represented Chile at under-17 level in the 2018 South American Championship. At under-20 level, she represented Chile in three editions of the South American Championship: 2018, 2020 and 2022.
At senior level, she made her debut in a 4–0 loss against Argentina on 17 February 2023 in Auckland, New Zealand.
She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games, where they won the silver medal.
Career statistics
International goals
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
Olave is nicknamed Chichi since she was two years old.
In 2022, she began to study at INAF (National Football Institute) to become a football manager alongside fellows such as María José Urrutia, Elisa Durán, among others.
Honours
Colo-Colo
- Primera División (2): 2022, 2023
Chile
- Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023
Individual
- Premios El Gráfico - Best Female Under-17 Player: 2017
- Premios FutFem - Best Winger: 2023