Blás Riveros

Blas Miguel Riveros Galeano (born 3 February 1998) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a defender for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League and for the Paraguay national football team.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Riveros and the second or maternal family name is Galeano.

Blas Riveros
Riveros with Basel in 2019
Personal information
Full name Blas Miguel Riveros Galeano
Date of birth (1998-02-03) 3 February 1998
Place of birth Itauguá, Paraguay
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Basel
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2015 Olimpia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Olimpia 20 (0)
2016– Basel 29 (1)
National team‡
2015–2016 Paraguay U17 11 (0)
2016– Paraguay 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 May 2016

Club career

Olimpia Asunción

Riveros started his professional career with Olimpia Asunción in the Primera División Paraguaya after coming through their youth system. He lifted the Primera División title with the club in 2015.

Basel

On 4 May 2016, FC Basel announced that they had signed Riveros on a five-year deal. Due to Riveros' commitments with the Paraguay national football team in the Copa America, he was not expected to join the Basel first team until the beginning of July.[1] Riveros made his debut for his new team on 15 October 2016 in the home game against Luzern. The game ended with a 3–0 victory and Riveros played the full game.[2]

In the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage Riveros played in each of the six matches as the Basel U-19 team qualified for the knock-out round.[3]

Under trainer Urs Fischer Riveros won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[4] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.[5]

Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.[6] played in three cup games.

International career

On 28 May 2016, Riveros made his debut for the Paraguay national football team against Mexico and he played the full game. He was named in Paraguay's squad for the Copa América Centenario.[7] He failed to make an appearance, however, as Paraguay were eliminated at the group stages without having recorded a win.

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 May 2018
Appearances, goals and assists by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Olimpia Asunción 2014–15 Paraguayan Primera División 900000000090
2015–16 11000000000110
Total 20000000000200
Basel 2016-17 Swiss Super League 8020000000100
2017–18 21120005100282
Total 29140005100382
Career total 49140005100582

Honours

Basel

References
  1. FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Blás Riveros". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. Caspar Marti (2016). "3:0 Sieg gegen Luzern in einem unterhaltsamen Spiel". fcb.ch. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. UEFA.com (2016). "Gruppenphase Groupe A". uefa.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  4. Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
  6. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  7. Rojas, Roberto (31 May 2016). "Copa America Centenario: Paraguay Team Preview". Vavel. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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