Guillermo Rivera
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Guillermo Rivera Escobar | ||
Date of birth | November 25, 1969 | ||
Place of birth | San Rafael Cedros, El Salvador | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1986–1987 | CD FAS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1998 | CD FAS | ||
1999–2001 | USAC | ||
2001–2005 | AD Isidro Metapán | ||
2004–2005 | Once Lobos | ||
International career | |||
1988–2000 | El Salvador[1] | 76 | (15) |
Managerial career | |||
2008 | CD Marte Soyapango | ||
2009 | El Salvador U-17 | ||
2010–2011 | El Salvador (assistant) | ||
2011–2012 | CD Marte Soyapango | ||
2013 | Santa Tecla FC (interim / assistant coach) | ||
2013–2014 | CD Atlético Marte | ||
2015 | CD Dragón | ||
2015–2018 | Municipal Ilopaneco | ||
2019 | Jocoro FC | ||
2019 | El Salvador U-23 | ||
2019–2020 | CD FAS | ||
2020-2022 | Platense | ||
2023-Present | LA Firpo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
José Guillermo Rivera Escobar (born November 25, 1969) is a retired Salvadoran professional football player.[2]
Club career
[edit]Nicknamed Memo, Rivera came through the youth ranks at FAS, where he would stay for over a decade and win two league titles. In 1999, he moved abroad for a stint at Guatemalan side USAC. He returned to El Salvador to play for Salvadoran second division side Isidro Metapán[3] alongside fellow international William Renderos Iraheta and finished his career at Once Lobos.
International career
[edit]Rivera made his debut for El Salvador in 1988 and has earned a total of 74 caps, scoring 15 goals. He has represented his country in 22 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4] and played at the 1991, 1993, 1995[5] and 1999 UNCAF Nations Cups[6] and was a non-playing squad member at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup[7] but did play at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8]
His final international game was an August 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Jamaica.
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
Personal life
[edit]Rivera is married and has two children.
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/elsal-recintlp.html
- ^ "Guillermo Rivera, nuevo técnico de la sub-23". Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ Isidro-Metapán y Jocoro inician batalla Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Grafica (in Spanish)
- ^ Guillermo Rivera – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ UNCAF Tournament 1995 - RSSSF
- ^ UNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF
External links
[edit]- Guillermo Rivera at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Cuscatlán Department
- Men's association football midfielders
- Salvadoran men's footballers
- El Salvador men's international footballers
- 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- C.D. FAS footballers
- Universidad SC players
- A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers
- Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala
- Salvadoran football managers