Roberto Rivas (footballer)

Roberto Rivas (born July 17, 1941 — died in 1972) was a football player from El Salvador who played as a defender.

Roberto Rivas
Personal information
Date of birth (1941-07-17)July 17, 1941
Place of birth El Salvador
Date of death 1972
Position(s) Right Back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1970 Alianza
National team
1968–1970 El Salvador
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Nicknamed La Burra (The Donkey), Rivas was a one-club man and has only played for Alianza during the 1960s and won two league titles in 1965 and 1966 when he played alongside fellow club legends like José Quintanilla, Mario Monge and Francisco Zamora.

International career

Rivas has represented his country in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1968 Olympic Games and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.[1]

Death

Rivas died in an accident or suicide in 1972.[2] By June 2010, Rivas was one of six 1968 Olympic footballers of El Salvador who had already died.[3] Alianza retired the number 2 shirt in honour of Rivas.[4]

References
  1. Roberto Rivas – FIFA competition record
  2. Alianza F.C. Entre Los 10 Mejores (in Spanish)
  3. Hace 40 años de aquel México 70 - El Salvador.com (in Spanish)
  4. En memoria del fallecido delantero "Tito" Díaz Archived 2004-09-29 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.