Iván José Olivares Alvárez (born 10 December 1961 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan former basketball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Olivares played for Springfield College in Massachusetts, earning NCAA Division II All-American honors in 1986.
He led the league in scoring in 1994 while teaming with American import Stanley Brundy.
He also played in Colombia with Leopardos de Bucaramanga, leading the team in scoring and rebounding in 1988,[3] in addition to stints in Brazil and Argentina.
[5] His two sons (Alberto Olivares Bastardo) that lives in U.S and (José Freites Bastardo) that was one of the greatest promises in Venezuela to reach the NBA at the time, it is unknown why he did not follow in his father's footsteps.