Roberto Rivera (footballer)

For the baseball player, see Roberto Rivera (baseball).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rivera and the second or maternal family name is Contreras.
Roberto Rivera
Personal information
Full name Roberto Rivera Contreras
Date of birth (1980-09-29) September 29, 1980
Place of birth Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Chivas 1 (0)
2005 → Chivas Coras (loan)
2007 → Tapatío (loan)
2007 Dorados

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Roberto Rivera (born September 29, 1980) is a Mexican footballer who played as a central defender for Chivas de Guadalajara.

Career

Born in Guadalajara, Rivera began playing football in the youth sides of Toluca (Atlético Mexiquense), Cobras de Ciudad Juárez and Yucatán. In 2005, Rivera joined Chivas, where he would play for its reserve club Chivas Coras in Tepic, Nayarit. He joined Chivas' Primera División A affiliate Tapatío and eventually play once in the Primera División for the parent club. Roberto made his debut with Chivas in the 2005-2006 season. He played in Chivas' game against W Connection in the 2006-2007 CONCACAF Champions' League.

After failing to feature regularly with Chivas' first team, he joined Dorados de Sinaloa in June 2007.[1] However, a few weeks into the season, Rivera suffered a serious knee injury.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Roberto Rivera destaca 'grandeza' en el equipo de Dorados" (in Spanish). Noroeste. 24 June 2007.
  2. ↑ "El 'Ruso', de malas se resiente de anterior lesión" (in Spanish). Noroeste. 24 August 2007.


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