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

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

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

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
118 April 1991Estadio Rigoberto López, Managua, Nicaragua Nicaragua-3-21991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification
22 June 1991Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica Honduras1-21-21991 UNCAF Nations Cup
313 September 1992Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Honduras2-13-1Friendly match
417 September 1992Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Honduras1-01-1Friendly match
51 November 1992Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Bermuda4-04-11994 FIFA World Cup qualification
68 November 1992Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada Canada1-13-21994 FIFA World Cup qualification
729 November 1995Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador Belize2-03-01995 UNCAF Nations Cup
83 December 1995Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador Costa Rica1-12-11995 UNCAF Nations Cup
95 May 1996RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, United States Bolivia1-11-1Friendly match
108 September 1996Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Cuba1-05-01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
118 September 1996Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Cuba4-05-01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
1221 January 1998Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Trinidad and Tobago1-02-0Friendly match
1329 February 2000Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador Panama1-03-1Friendly match
1423 July 2000Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3-17-12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
1523 July 2000Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4-17-12002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

Rivera is married and has two children.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/elsal-recintlp.html
  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 Rivera – FIFA 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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