Cristian Andrés Olivares López (born 23 May 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a attacking midfielder for clubs in Chile and Indonesia.
A product of Deportes Antofagasta youth system, he played for Magallanes from 1995 to 1999,[1] winning the 1995 Tercera División [es].
[4] Abroad, he played in Indonesia between 2004 and 2007[7] for Persekabpas Pasuruan,[8] Petrokimia Putra[9] and Persema Malang.
[10] Following his retirement as a football player, he represented the Chile beach soccer team in both the 2008[11] and the 2009 South American Championships, alongside retired professional footballers such as Rodrigo Sanhueza, Rodrigo Cuevas, Jorge Torres [es], Germán Osorio and Carlos Medina, with Miguel Ángel Gamboa as coach.
[1] He has taken part of matches for "Colo-Colo de Todos los Tiempos", a team made up by former players of Colo-Colo.[4] He is the older brother of Richard Olivares, who also played for Magallanes, Deportes Temuco, Deportes Antofagasta and Coquimbo Unido.