Rubén Rivera Corral (born 3 May 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for CD As Pontes.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Rivera Corral | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | A Coruña, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | As Pontes | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Laracha | |||
| Deportivo La Coruña | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | Deportivo B | 95 | (30) |
| 2007 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2012 | Montañeros | 144 | (58) |
| 2012–2013 | Wolfsberger AC | 30 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Admira Wacker | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Leganés (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Avilés | 13 | (1) |
| 2015 | Coruxo | 18 | (5) |
| 2015–2017 | Boiro | 74 | (31) |
| 2017–2020 | Bergantiños | 98 | (43) |
| 2020–2021 | Silva | 12 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | Atlético Montañeros | 77 | (32) |
| 2023– | As Pontes | 22 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:14, 5 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
Rivera was born in A Coruña, Galicia. A product of Deportivo de La Coruña's youth academy, he appeared only once for its first team in the league, featuring 33 minutes in a 0–0 La Liga home draw against Levante UD on 18 February 2007.[1] He scored once in the Copa del Rey for them, in the 4–1 home victory over Real Valladolid in the quarter-finals.[2]
Subsequently, Rivera all but competed in the Spanish lower leagues, mainly with neighbouring Montañeros CF. From 2012 to 2014 he played in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, in representation of Wolfsberger AC and FC Admira Wacker Mödling.[3]
Rivera returned to his country in the 2014 January transfer window, signing for Segunda División B club CD Leganés on loan.[4] In the following years, he represented a host of teams at that level but also in the Tercera División.[5][6][7][8]
References edit
- ^ Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 Levante; ESPN Soccernet, 18 February 2007
- ^ El Depor masacra al Valladolid (Depor crush Valladolid); El País, 31 January 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ Red Bull Salzburg am Transfermarkt am aktivsten (Red Bull Salzburg the most active in transfer market); Der Standard, 17 July 2014 (in German)
- ^ El delantero Rubén Rivera cierra el mercado de invierno (Forward Rubén Rivera closes winter market); CD Leganés, 31 January 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Real Avilés ficha a Borja García, Matas y Rubén Rivera (Real Avilés sign Borja García, Matas and Rubén Rivera); El Comercio, 5 August 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Rubén Rivera: «Quiero reencontrarme con mi mejor versión en el Coruxo» (Rubén Rivera: "I want to rediscover my best version in Coruxo"); La Voz de Galicia, 7 January 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Boiro suma a Rubén Rivera a su proyecto “de luchar por ascender” (Boiro add Rubén Rivera to their project of "fighting to promote"); Diario de Arousa, 30 June 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Rubén Rivera, fichaje estrella del Bergantiños (Rubén Rivera, Bergantiños' star signing); La Voz de Galicia, 28 June 2017 (in Spanish)
External links edit
- Rubén Rivera at BDFutbol
- Rubén Rivera at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Rubén Rivera at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Rubén Rivera at Soccerway