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Guillermo Rivera

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Guillermo Rivera
Personal information
Full name José Guillermo Rivera Escobar
Date of birth (1969-11-25) November 25, 1969 (age 54)
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

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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

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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

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Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 April 1991 Estadio Rigoberto López, Managua, Nicaragua  Nicaragua - 3-2 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification
2 2 June 1991 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica  Honduras 1-2 1-2 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup
3 13 September 1992 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Honduras 2-1 3-1 Friendly match
4 17 September 1992 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras  Honduras 1-0 1-1 Friendly match
5 1 November 1992 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Bermuda 4-0 4-1 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 8 November 1992 Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada  Canada 1-1 3-2 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 29 November 1995 Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador  Belize 2-0 3-0 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup
8 3 December 1995 Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador  Costa Rica 1-1 2-1 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup
9 5 May 1996 RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, United States  Bolivia 1-1 1-1 Friendly match
10 8 September 1996 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Cuba 1-0 5-0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 8 September 1996 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Cuba 4-0 5-0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 21 January 1998 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Trinidad and Tobago 1-0 2-0 Friendly match
13 29 February 2000 Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador  Panama 1-0 3-1 Friendly match
14 23 July 2000 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3-1 7-1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 23 July 2000 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4-1 7-1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

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Rivera is married and has two children.

References

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  1. ^ "El Salvador - Record International Players".
  2. ^ "Guillermo Rivera, nuevo técnico de la sub-23". Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. ^ Isidro-Metapán y Jocoro inician batalla Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Grafica (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Guillermo RiveraFIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ UNCAF Tournament 1995 - RSSSF
  6. ^ UNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF
  7. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - RSSSF
  8. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF
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