Julio Rivera (footballer)

Julio Rivera
Personal information
Full name Julio César Rivera González
Date of birth (1967-04-12) 12 April 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1973-1983 Alianza Lima
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 ETE
1989–1991 Juvenil Los Ángeles
1992 Melgar
1993–1997 Sporting Cristal
1999–2000 Universitario
2002 Melgar
2003 Sport Boys
International career
1992–1997 Peru 34 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julio César "Coyote" Rivera González (born 12 April 1967) is a retired Peruvian footballer who played mainly as a winger.[1]

Club career

Julio Rivera developed as a footballer in the Alianza Lima youth system.[2] He then started his senior career with Segunda División side Escuela Técnica del Ejército (ETE).[3] Later he joined Juvenil Los Ángeles and played there with his brother Óscar Rivera.[4] There Julio made his debut in the Torneo Descentralizado and played for the Moquegua club until the end of the 1991 season.[4]

He would then have his chance to play for Arequipa giants FBC Melgar in the 1992 Torneo Descentralizado season.[5]

After an impressive season with Melgar, Rivero joined Sporting Cristal in January 1993.[1]

Personal life

He is a half-brother of Paolo Guerrero, current national team's captain.[6]

His son, also named Julio Rivera, was murdered during a robbery in Lima.[7]

Honours

Club

Sporting Cristal
Universitario de Deportes

References

  1. ^ a b "Player - Julio Rivera". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Futbolistas - Julio Rivera" (in Spanish). Peru.com.eu. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Once Ideal: Beneficio colateral" (in Spanish). dechalaca.com. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  4. ^ a b "El anterior militante" (in Spanish). dechalaca.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  5. ^ Julio Rivera at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ "Selección peruana: Julio Rivera contó un secreto de Paolo Guerrero luego del partido ante Colombia [VIDEO] | Deportes - la República". Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  7. ^ Bocón, Redacción El (9 March 2019). "Sobrino de Paolo Guerrero muere en fatal accidente". El Bocón (in Spanish).