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Manuel Olivares
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Olivares Lapeña
Date of birth	2 April 1909
Place of birth	Son Servera, Spain
Date of death	16 February 1976 (aged 66)
Place of death	Madrid, Spain
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Avión San Sebastián
Senior career*
Years	Team
1928–1931	Alavés
1931–1934	Real Madrid
1934–1935	Donostia
1935–1936	Zaragoza
1939–1940	Zaragoza
1940–1941	Hércules
1941–1942	Málaga
1942–1943	Algeciras
International career
1930	Spain
Managerial career
1935–1936	Zaragoza (player-coach)
1939–1941	Hércules (player-coach)
1941–1943	Málaga (player-coach)
1943–1944	Linense
1944–1946	Salamanca
1946–1947	Zaragoza
1947–1948	Fábrica Nacional Palencia
1948–1949	Burgos
1949–1950	Villena
1950–1952	Calvo Sotelo
1952–1953	Betis
1953–1954	Orihuela Deportiva
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Olivares Lapeña (2 April 1909 – 16 February 1976) was a Spanish football striker and manager.

In only 82 La Liga games he scored 56 goals, mostly for Real Madrid with which he won three major titles.

Club career

Born in Son Servera, Balearic Islands, Olivares joined Deportivo Alavés in 1928 and made his debut in La Liga in the 1930–31 season, scoring ten goals in 14 games as the Basques finished in eighth position (out of ten clubs). In the following off-season, he signed for country giants Real Madrid.

In his first two years with the Merengues, Olivares netted at an impressive rate, winning two consecutive national championships and the 1934 Copa del Presidente de la República. In the 1932–33 campaign, he scored 16 goals in only 14 matches to conquer the Pichichi Trophy.

Olivares spent a further three years in the top division, with Donostia CF, Real Zaragoza and Hércules CF. In 1935 he started his coaching career with the second club, going on to act as player-coach for several teams until 1943 and definitely retiring as a player with Algeciras CF in the regional leagues.

In 1944–45, Olivares led UD Salamanca to Segunda División, being relegated the following season. He died on 16 February 1976 in Madrid, at the age of 66.