Gastón Olveira
Squad number 22 · Olimpia
Their 2026 World Cup
Gastón Olveira travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Paraguay, wearing number 22, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 5 matches (1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats) and bowed out in the round of 16, beaten by France 1-0.
The goalkeeping job went to O. Gill (5 matches, 480′).
Another 2 players in the Paraguay squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Paraguay team page.
Biography
Gastón Hernán Olveira Echeverría (born 21 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Paraguayan Primera División club Club Olimpia. Born in Uruguay, he plays for the Paraguay national team.
Club career Olveira began his career in 2013 with River Plate Montevideo. He made his league debut for the club on 19 April 2014 in a 2–1 away defeat to Sud América. On 17 January 2021, Club Olimpia announced the signing of Olveira on a season long loan deal. At the end of the year, River Plate bought Olveira from River Plate and signed him on a permanently 4-year deal.
International career Olveira was part of Uruguay squad which won gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. On 11 October 2019, he received his first call-up to the Uruguay national team as a replacement for Fernando Muslera. On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He was naturalized as Paraguayan in 2026, and was called up to the Paraguay national team in March 2026.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
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