Percy Olivares

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Percy Olivares
Full name	Percy Celso Olivares
Date of birth	June 5, 1968 (1968-06-05) (age 40)
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Playing position	Defender/retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1990 1991 1991 1992-1993 1993-1996 1996 1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001 2002 2003 2005	Sporting Cristal Deportivo Cali Sporting Cristal Nürnberg Tenerife Fluminense Cruz Azul PAOK Thessaloniki FC Panathinaikos Universitario Dallas Burn Sporting Cristal Alianza Atlético	? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 19 (4) 24 (2) 0 (0) 13 (0) 58 (6) 43 (2) 9 (0) 5 (0) 8 (0) 7 (0)
National team
1987-2001	Peru	83 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Percy Celso Olivares Polanco (born June 5, 1968 in Lima) is a retired football defender from Peru.

Olivares obtained 83 international caps for his national team, in which he scored one goal. He made his debut on June 19, 1987 against Chile (1-3), and played his last international match for his native country on June 2, 2001 against Ecuador (1-2), three days before his 33rd birthday.

Olivares played club football all over the world, including Sporting Cristal (Peru), Deportivo Cali (Colombia), Nürnberg (Germany), Tenerife (Spain), Fluminense (Brazil), Cruz Azul (Mexico), PAOK Thessaloniki FC, Panathinaikos (Greece), and Dallas Burn (USA).

He became very popular in Greece after his goal against Olympiacos FC (21 November 1999), when Panathinaikos won Olympiakos after 3 years (29/3/1996). He an impressive goal for PAOK Thessaloniki in a UEFA cup match against Sparta Prague when he scored a powerful strike from half way to win the game with a 5-3 aggregate.