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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 24)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile[1]
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position Right winger
Team information
Current team
Colo-Colo
Youth career
Audax Italiano [es]
Universidad de Chile
2013–2018 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2024 Colo-Colo
2024–2025 Atlético San Luis 29 (3)
2025– 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 place2023 SantiagoTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals 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

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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, Olave 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]

In the second half of 2024, Olave moved abroad and signed with Mexican club Atlético San Luis.[5] She returned to Colo-Colo in June 2025.[6]

International career

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She represented Chile at under-17 level in the 2018 South American Championship.[7] At under-20 level, she represented Chile in three editions of the South American Championship: 2018, 2020 and 2022.[8]

At senior level, she made her debut in a 4–0 loss against Argentina on 17 February 2023 in Auckland, New Zealand.[9]

She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games,[10] where they won the silver medal.[11]

Career statistics

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International goals

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Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 October 2023Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile Jamaica4–06–02023 Pan American Games

Personal life

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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][12]

Honours

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Colo-Colo

Chile

Individual

  • Premios El Gráfico - Best Female Under-17 Player: 2017[3]
  • Premios FutFem - Best Winger: 2023[13]

References

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  1. "Isidora Olave". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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. Molina, Geraldine (26 June 2024). "Isidora Olave es presentada como fichaje de Atlético de San Luis". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. Molina, Geraldine (4 June 2025). "Isidora Olave regresa a Chile y es nuevo fichaje de Colo-Colo". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  7. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  9. 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.
  10. "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  11. "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  12. "Isidora Olave, aportando su cuota de gol". Por la Pelota (in Spanish). 29 October 2023. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  13. "Todas las ganadoras de los Premios FutFem 2023". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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