Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Guillermo Rivera Escobar | ||
Date of birth | (1969-11-25) November 25, 1969 (age 55) | ||
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 | 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.
Club career
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 alongside fellow international William Renderos Iraheta and finished his career at Once Lobos.
International career
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 and played at the 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1999 UNCAF Nations Cups and was a non-playing squad member at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup but did play at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
His final international game was an August 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Jamaica.
International goals
- Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
Personal life
Rivera is married and has two children.
References
- "El Salvador - Record International Players".
- "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
- Guillermo Rivera at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 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