Enrique Rivers
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Enrique Rivers Gutiérrez | ||
| Date of birth | January 4, 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Limón, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1979 |
Limonense | ||
| 1980–1984 | Saprissa | ||
| 1985 |
Comunicaciones | ||
| 1985 | Guanacasteca | ||
| 1986 | Saprissa | ||
| 1987–1988 |
Limonense | (10) | |
| 1990–1991 | Herediano | ||
| 1992–1993 |
Limonense | ||
| International career | |||
| 1983–1989 | Costa Rica | 13 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–1996 |
Belén (assistant) | ||
| 1996–1997 | Herediano (assistant) | ||
| 1997–2000 | Saprissa (assistant) | ||
| 2000 |
Limonense | ||
| 2001 | Saprissa | ||
| 2012– | Saprissa de Corazón | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Enrique Rivers Gutiérrez (born 4 January 1961) became one of the most famous Costa Rican football players during the 1980s.
Club career
Rivers made his debut in the Costa Rica Primera División in 1978 with hometown club
Limonense.[1]
He played most of his career with
Comunicaciones in Guatemala and Herediano
. He retired in 1993.
International career
Rivers made his debut for
World Cup champions, and their defeat against Costa Rica
was a historic event in the football world.
His final international was a May 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad & Tobago.
Managerial career
After retiring from professional football, Rivers was assistant to manager
Saprissa's minor league system, where he has been able to discover and recruit young kids and launch them into successful football careers. In December 2012 he was put in charge of Saprissa's reserve team, Saprissa de Corazón, in the second division.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Quiero orden"•Enrique Rivers, técnico limonense, procura disciplina y lucha en su equipo - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Enrique Rivers – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Enrique Rivers". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
- ^ Rivers dirigirá al Saprissa de Corazón Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine - Al Día (in Spanish)
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