Guillermo Rivarola

Guillermo Daniel Rivarola (born April 28, 1967 in Villa Huidobro, Argentina) is an Argentine former footballer and currently is the Technical Director of Komets-River Plate. He played as a defender for many clubs in Argentina and Mexico such as River Plate, San Lorenzo, Racing Club. He retired playing for Racing.

Guillermo Rivarola
Personal information
Full name Guillermo Daniel Rivarola
Date of birth (1967-04-28) 28 April 1967
Place of birth Villa Huidobro, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 Club Cipolletti 197 (12)
1991–1996 River Plate 135 (7)
1997 Pachuca 22 (3)
1998 Santos Laguna 34 (1)
1999–2000 Pachuca 12 (1)
1999–2000 Monterrey 30 (2)
2001–2002 San Lorenzo 35 (4)
2002–2003 Racing Club 21 (2)
Teams managed
2004 Racing Club
2007 Olimpo
2009–2010 Pachuca
2011 Sporting Cristal
– Komets-River Plate
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rivarola won 3 Primera Division Argentina with River Plate and 1 with San Lorenzo. He had a short tenure in Mexico playing for Pachuca and for Monterrey. As manager he coached Racing Club and Olimpo. On June 4, 2009 he was named Manager of C.F. Pachuca where he won the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.[1] Later he was the Director of Pachuca Youth System Development.[2]

On December 21, 2010 Guillermo Rivarola was named Manager of Sporting Cristal[3] from Peruvian First Division League for the 2011 season. On March 20, 2011 he was involved in a bitter dispute with fellow Argentine manager Marcelo Trobbiani of Cienciano after protesting to the referee in order to get him sent off.[4]

Accomplishments as River Plate Technical Secretary Copa Sudamerica 2014 Recopa Sudamerica 2014 Copa Libertadores de America 2015 Copa Suruga Bank 2015 Recopa Sudamerica 2015 Copa Argentina 2016 and 2017 Supercopa Argentina 2017

Honours

Player
River Plate
San Lorenzo

Manager
Pachuca

References
  1. Guillermo Rivarola asume el timón de Pachuca Ciudad de México, Miércoles 03 de junio de 2009
  2. Guillermo Rivarola, de regreso en Pachuca
  3. http://elcomercio.pe/deportes/687584/noticia-guillermo-rivarola-desafio-volver-cristal-90 Guillermo Rivarola was named the Director Tecnico de Sporting Cristal
  4. Marcelo Trobbiani vs Guillermo Rivarola, manager dispute
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