Christian Rivera

Christian Rivera
Personal information
Full name Christian Rivera Hernández
Date of birth (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Las Palmas
Number 6
Youth career
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Oviedo B 20 (0)
2015–2016 Oviedo 15 (1)
2016–2018 Eibar 24 (0)
2018 → Barcelona B (loan) 18 (0)
2018– Las Palmas 3 (0)
National team‡
2015 Spain U18 2 (0)
2014–2016 Spain U19 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

Christian Rivera Hernández (born 9 July 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Spanish club UD Las Palmas as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Rivera was a Sporting de Gijón youth graduate. In July 2013 he nearly joined Atlético Madrid,[1] but his transfer was blocked by Sporting's board and he was left out of the Juvenil squad; on 2 September of the following year he moved to Real Oviedo instead.[2]

Initially appearing with the B-team in Tercera División, Rivera was called up to the main squad in May 2015. He made his first team debut on the 16th, starting in a 2–3 away loss against Coruxo FC for the Segunda División B championship.[3]

Rivera made his professional debut on 4 October 2015, coming on as a half-time substitute for Diego Aguirre in a 1–1 Segunda División home draw against RCD Mallorca.[4] Thirteen days later he scored his first goal in the category, netting his team's last in a 3–2 home win against AD Alcorcón.[5]

On 1 July 2016, Rivera signed a three-year deal with La Liga side SD Eibar.[6] He made his debut in the category on 19 August, starting in a 1–2 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña.

On 11 January 2018, Rivera was loaned to FC Barcelona B in the second division until the end of the season, with an option to buy.[7] He moved to fellow second division side UD Las Palmas on 31 July, after agreeing to a four-year deal.[8]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Continúa el éxodo de promesas sportinguistas" [The exodus of pearls sportinguistas continues] (in Spanish). Golaverage. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "El juvenil Cristian Rivera se va del Sporting al Oviedo" [Juvenil Cristian Rivera goes from Sporting to Oviedo] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Coruxo 3 Real Oviedo 2". Real Oviedo Ireland. 17 May 2015. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "El Oviedo se estrella ante el mejor Mallorca de la temporada" [Oviedo crashes against the best Mallorca of the season]. Marca (in Spanish). 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "La pegada del Oviedo puede con el Alcorcón" [Oviedo's will can handle Alcorcón]. Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 17 October 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "SD Eibar cierra la contratación hasta 2019 de Jordi Calavera y Christian Rivera" [SD Eibar complete the signing until 2019 of Jordi Calavera and Christian Rivera] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Acuerdo con la SD Eibar para la cesión de Rivera" [Agreement with SD Eibar for the loan of Rivera] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Christian Rivera, fichaje amarillo procedente del Eibar" [Christian Rivera, amarillo signing from Eibar] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 31 July 2018. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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