José Rivera (footballer)

José Daniel Rivera Martínez (born 8 May 1997) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a winger for Peruvian Primera División side Cusco FC.

José Rivera
Personal information
Full name José Daniel Rivera Martínez
Date of birth (1997-05-08) 8 May 1997
Place of birth Tarapoto, Peru
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Cusco
Number 8
Youth career
CD Olimpico Juniors
Unión Comercio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Unión Comercio 87 (13)
2020– Cusco 20 (8)
National team‡
2019– Peru U23 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:03, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:11, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Career

Club career

Rivera made his way through the youth ranks of Unión Comercio and made his debut on 11 September 2016 against César Vallejo.[2] He played a total of 22 league games in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. From the 2018 season, he became a regular player.

After 87 league appearances for Unión Comercio, he left the club at the end of the 2019 season to join Cusco FC, signing a deal until the end of 2021 in February 2020.[3]

International career

In May 2019, Rivera was called up for the Peruvian U23 national team to play the 2019 Pan American Games.[4] He played one game and was on the bench in the remaining three games. In October 2019, he was called up once again, to the squad that was going to play in the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[5]

References
  1. José Rivera at WorldFootball.net
  2. CÉSAR VALLEJO VS. UNIÓN COMERCIO 0 - 1, soccerway.com, 11 September 2016
  3. Cusco FC anunció fichaje de José Rivera, ovacion.pe, 10 February 2020
  4. José Rivera Martínez, conoce al convocado de Unión Comercio a la Selección Peruana Sub 23, futbolperuano.com, 3 May 2019
  5. Ángel Zamudio y José Rivera de Unión Comercio están en la lista de convocados, diariovoces.com.pe, 2 October 2019
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