Julio Rivera

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

Julio Rivera
Personal information
Full name Julio César Rivera González
Date of birth (1967-04-12) 12 April 1967
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Youth career
Alianza Lima
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–19?? ETE
19??–1991 Juvenil Los Ángeles
1992 Melgar
1993–1997 Sporting Cristal
1999–2000 Universitario
2002 Melgar
2003 Sport Boys
National team
1992–1997 Peru 34 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 the 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
  • Torneo Descentralizado (1): 2000

References
  1. "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. "El anterior militante" (in Spanish). dechalaca.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  5. "Julio Rivera". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  6. https://larepublica.pe/deportes/1110665-seleccion-peruana-julio-rivera-conto-un-secreto-de-paolo-guerrero-luego-del-partido-ante-colombia-video/
  7. Bocón, Redacción El (9 Mar 2019). "Sobrino de Paolo Guerrero muere en fatal accidente". El Bocón (in Spanish).
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