Blas Riveros

Blas Miguel Riveros Galeano (born 3 February 1998) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF and the Paraguay national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname 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 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Brøndby
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2015 Olimpia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Olimpia 20 (0)
2016–2020 Basel 71 (3)
2020– Brøndby 1 (1)
National team‡
2015–2016 Paraguay U17 12 (0)
2017 Paraguay U20 4 (0)
2016– Paraguay 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 October 2020

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 América, 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.

Brøndby

On 5 October 2020, Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF announced the signing of Riveros on a four-year contract.[7] He made his debut for the club on 5 November in a Danish Cup match against Ledøje-Smørum Fodbold, immediately contributing with an assist to the decisive goal by Simon Hedlund in a 1–0 win.[8][9] In his Danish Superliga debut on 8 November, he scored the opening goal in a 3–1 home win over OB, but suffered a knee injury in the second-half after a collision with Ryan Laursen.[10] Tests later confirmed that he had tore his posterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament, keeping him sidelined for around 12 months.[11]

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.[12] 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 5 October 2020
Appearances, goals and assists by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Olimpia 2015 Primera División 9000000090
2016 110003[lower-alpha 1]100141
Total 200003100231
Basel 2016–17 Super League 802000—100
2017–18 251205[lower-alpha 2]1—322
2018–19 192301[lower-alpha 2]0—232
2019–20 180407[lower-alpha 3]0—290
2020–21 100000—10
Total 71311013100954
Brøndby 2020–21 Superliga 1110—0000
Career total 924120162001185
  1. Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League

Honours

Club

Olimpia

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. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  7. "Brøndby IF henter Blas Riveros". brondby.com (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  8. "Sejr over LSF i Sydbank Pokalen". Brøndby IF (in Danish). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  9. Jensen, Anders (6 November 2020). "Ærgerlig DS-back: Brøndby fik et 'pis-mål'". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  10. Wehlast, Mads Glenn (9 November 2020). "Brøndbys værste frygt bekræftet". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  11. "Blas Riveros ude med alvorlig knæskade". Brøndby IF (in Danish). 9 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  12. Rojas, Roberto (31 May 2016). "Copa America Centenario: Paraguay Team Preview". Vavel. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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