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Carlos Oliva

Carlos Oliva

Honduran footballer (born 1979)


Carlos Alberto Oliva Argueta (born 28 July 1979) is a retired Honduran football player who currently works as an evangelical pastor.[1]

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Club career

Oliva started his career at Real C.D. España where he debuted on 21 February 1998 against Club Deportivo Olimpia. He went on to score 50 goals in the league for several clubs over a 10-year period until 2009.[2]

He joined C.D. Victoria in the summer of 2009[3] only to return to C.D.S. Vida a year later.[4] He retired in December 2012.[1]

International career

Oliva played at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria.[5]

He made his senior debut for Honduras in a May 2000 friendly match against Canada and has earned a total of 18 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[6]

His final international was a February 2008 friendly match against Paraguay.

International goals

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Evangelical work

During his time at Victoria, Oliva led a congregation in La Ceiba which was moved to Choloma where he preached every Monday.[7] After retiring as a football player he worked for the Ministerio Apostólico Avance Misionero.[1]

In August 2015, Oliva led the ceremony at the wedding of national team player Bryan Acosta.[8]


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