| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mauro Andrés Olivi | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Jacinto Aráuz, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Colo-Colo | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liniers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2005 | Liniers | 94 | (14) |
| 2004–2005 | → Sporting (loan) | 16 | (8) |
| 2005–2009 | Olimpo | 53 | (13) |
| 2010–2011 | Audax Italiano | 61 | (22) |
| 2011– | Colo-Colo | 16 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 February 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Mauro Andrés Olivi (born 18 March 1983) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for the Chilean club Colo-Colo as striker.
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Olivi made his youth career in Liniers and then was promoted to the first-team in 2000, when the team disputed the Argentino A Tournament. Four years later, was loaned to Sporting Punta Alta of the same division of his former club.
In June 2005, the Argentine First Division club Olimpo signed Olivi from Liniers. He made his professional against Arsenal de Sarandí as starter, being replaced by Pablo Rodríguez in the 76th minute. Olivi remained at the club of Bahía Blanca until May 2009.
On 6 July 2009, Audax Italiano signed Olivi for an undisclosed fee. Olivi signed a five–year contract with the Chilean Primera División club.[1] He made his league debut in a 1–0 win over Santiago Morning and his first goal came in a 4−2 away win to Unión Española. In the debut season of Olivi in Chile scored 2 goals in 19 matches.[2]
Olivi got off to a good start for the 2010 season scoring twice in Audax's opening league match against Ñublense.[3] On 15 March, he scored another twice against Deportes La Serena in a 3−1 away win[4] and in the next week scored in the loss against Universidad Católica after a very good free kick in the 13th minute.[5] He incremented his tally goal during the weeks thirteen and fourteen against Universidad de Concepción and Palestino. During World Cup break, with the likes of Matías Quiroga, Roberval and Cristian Canio[6] all departing from the club in June, Olivi was inserted into the lead striker role. After forming a special relationship with new manager Omar Labruna, he responded with important goals in games like the 2−2 draw with Universidad de Chile[7] and the 3–1 victory over Colo-Colo.[8] He ended the tournament with 18 goals under of Milovan Mirosevic with 20 goals, but in the 2010 ANFP awards, Olivi was awarded with the Golden Ball[9] and was included in the Ideal Teams of El Gráfico and of the ANFP.
In the next season, Olivi had a very regular start of tournament, being red carded two times in his first games against Católica[10] and Unión La Calera,[11] but he scored two goals against Unión San Felipe[12][13] and Santiago Morning[14][15] in his first four games. However, he had a poor performance in the tournament scoring 2 goals in 12 appearances.[16]
On 21 July 2011, the manager of Audax, Claudio Tessa, confirmed to the web page Emol.cl that both clubs reached an agreement for Olivi's transfer to Colo-Colo,[17] believed to be for around US$1 million.[18] At the popular club, he reunited with his former teammates at Audax, Boris Rieloff, Marco Medel and Christian Vilches.
He made his official debut in a 3–1 win over Santiago Wanderers as substitute with Carlos Muñoz replacing to Sebastián Toro and Osmar Molinas, respectively.[19] In a friendly game for the Copa Gato, Olivi scored the first goal of the 3–1 victory to Universidad Católica at the Tierra de Campeones Stadium of Iquique.[20] On 23 October, Olivi scored his first goal for Colo-Colo against Santiago Morning in a 3–1 victory,[21] which ended a run of 685 minutes of football without a goal. In December 2011, after of the elimination of Colo-Colo in the playoffs for Cobreloa in the semi-finals,[22] was rumours that Olivi would be made available on a free transfer or be loaned due to the striker's poor performances.[23]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Libertadores | Other1 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Audax Italiano | 2009 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 2 |
| 2010 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 33 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 2 | |
| Total | 61 | 22 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 64 | 22 | |
| Colo-Colo | 2011 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 1 |
| Total | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 1 | |
| Career Total | 77 | 23 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 80 | 23 | |
On 31 August 2011, Olivi was arrested by the police after of physically assaulting to his girlfriend Valentina Roth. The events would have occured at the footballer's apartament at 3:00 AM, in where Roth have a discussion with the player that finished with blows. After of the events, the dancer called to the police and the player of Colo-Colo was arrested, being visited by the club general manager Jaime Pizarro at the comissioner.[24] The same day that Pizarro visited to Olivi at the comissioner was revealed that the striker will be formalized in the court.[25] Finally, he was sentenced at the court with the prohibition of approaching to she in a radius of 100 meters.[26]
Same days later, he newly was linked with a model of the farandula, now Vaithiare Muñoz of Chilevisión's youth program Yingo.[27] After having been protagonist of several polemics, the coach Ivo Basay marginated him of the squad, which led to several speculations that he might leave the club.[28]
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