José Arturo Rivas
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Rivas with Tigres UANL in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Arturo Rivas Mortera | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | UANL U-18 (assistant) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Delfines de Coatzacoalcos | ? | (?) |
| 2003–2004 | Zacatepec | ? | (?) |
| 2004–2018 | Tigres UANL | 190 | (8) |
| 2017–2018 | → Veracruz (loan) | 39 | (0) |
| Total | 229 | (8) | |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Mexico | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019– | Tigres UANL Reserves and Academy (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José Arturo Rivas Mortera (born 18 October 1984) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Rivas has spent the most of his career in Tigres, winning three Liga MX, one Copa MX and one Campeón de Campeones championships.
Career
Rivas played most of his career with Tigres playing since 2004 to 2018 ending his career at Veracruz in 2018.
Rivas was born on October 18, 1984, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz and at the age of 18 he enrolled with Tigres and from that day on he has never left the institution. La Palma Rivas received the opportunity to be registered in the UANL Tigres first team for the 2004 Apertura. He has been gaining the trust of the various coaches who have directed him. In the 2006 Clausura tournament, he suffered an injury that sidelined him for about a year and a half. In the 2011 Apertura he won the first championship of his career in the Mexican First Division with the UANL Tigres. Three years later, he won his second title in his career in the 2014 Copa MX Clausura.
Rivas had his best year in 2015. He won the starting role in the Clausura 2015 filling the vacancy left by the injured Juninho. since he took the place his absence was not noticed and he even managed to do better. From there he gained the trust of Ricardo Ferretti. That same year Rivas decided to study the career of Technical Trainer with the aim of being linked to football for a long time. He's widely recognized for the moment that came in the Liga MX Apertura 2016 final in the second leg against Club America where he came on as a substitute. His game time was short-lived as he was part of an infamous brawl between both teams in the 105th minute of the first extra-time as he was sent off alongside Ventura Alvarado & Paolo Goltz. His team won at the end thanks to his teammate, Jesus Duenas who tied it 1-1 to make the aggregate score 2-2 in the 119th minute of the game, then Nahuel Guzman saving all 3 penalties in the penalty shoot-out to win Tigres the Apertura 2016 title.
Honours
Tigres UANL
- Liga MX: Apertura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016
- Copa MX: Clausura 2014
- Campeón de Campeones: 2016
External links
- José Arturo Rivas Mortera at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- José Arturo Rivas – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- José Arturo Rivas' statistics (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-12-14)
- José Arturo Rivas at Soccerway