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Alberto Rivera
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Rivera Pizarro
Date of birth	16 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Puertollano, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Youth career
	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1997	Real Madrid C
1995–2002	Real Madrid
1996–1999	Real Madrid B
1999–2000	→ Numancia (loan)
2002	→ Marseille (loan)
2002–2005	Levante
2005–2009	Betis
2009–2012	Sporting Gijón
2012–2014	Elche
Total
International career
1993–1994	Spain U16
1995–1996	Spain U18
1997	Spain U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Alberto Rivera Pizarro (born 16 February 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder.

He started out at Real Madrid, but played almost exclusively for its reserve teams during his spell. In a professional career that spanned nearly two decades, he went on to amass La Liga totals of 282 matches and ten goals over 12 seasons, also representing in the competition Numancia, Levante, Betis, Sporting de Gijón and Elche.

Club career

Real Madrid

Rivera was born in Puertollano, Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha. A product of Real Madrid's youth academy, he made his first-team debut aged only 17 (his only appearance for the main squad during 1994–95), scoring in a 2–0 away win against RC Celta de Vigo with the La Liga title race already decided in their favour while becoming the youngest player to score in an official match in the club's history at the age of 17 years and 114 days.^[1] He started his senior career with the C team in the Segunda División B, playing two additional full seasons with Real Madrid Castilla in the same level and appearing in five Segunda División games with the latter.

For 1999–2000, Rivera signed with CD Numancia in a loan deal.^[2] After helping the Soria side barely avoid top-division relegation he returned to Real Madrid, where he was featured in two additional league games the following season; in January 2002 he had another loan spell, with Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille to where he moved alongside Alfonso Pérez from FC Barcelona,^[3] and appeared regularly for the French team until the end of the campaign, in an eventual ninth-place finish.

Levante and Betis

Rivera joined Levante UD in 2002, with the team in the second division. He was an undisputed starter in three seasons, netting a career-high 11 goals in 2003–04's promotion before moving on to Real Betis upon Levante's immediate relegation (having played all the matches but one, with five goals), for €3.4 million.^[4]

Rivera made 34 league appearances in 2005–06, adding seven in the UEFA Champions League and three in the UEFA Cup, without finding the net however. The following campaign he played 27 times, scoring his first goal in a 3–2 defeat at Villarreal CF on 5 November 2006.^[5]

Sporting

In mid-June 2009, after rejecting Betis' offer of a new deal, and with the Andalusians having been relegated, Rivera signed a one-year contract with fellow top-tier club Sporting de Gijón – with the option for a further two – which had barely retained its status, arriving on a free transfer and reuniting with former Levante boss Manolo Preciado.^[6] At the end of his second season, he received the Fair Play Award given by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional.^[7]

Rivera appeared in an average of 31 games during his spell in Asturias, suffering top-flight relegation in his third and final year. He retired in summer 2014 at the age of 36 after two seasons with Elche CF, the latter spent in the main division.

Honours

Real Madrid

La Liga: 1994–95, 2000–01

Levante

Segunda División: 2003–04

Elche

Segunda División: 2012–13

References

^ Un pasillo y muchos bostezos (Guard of honour and yawns aplenty); Mundo Deportivo, 11 June 1995 (in Spanish)
^ "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia] (in Spanish). Desde Soria. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^ "El Barça cede a Alfonso al Marsella" [Barça loan Alfonso to Marseille] (in Spanish). ABC. 8 January 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^ Rivera bought by Betis; UEFA, 30 June 2005
^ Villarreal 3–2 Real Betis; ESPN Soccernet, 5 November 2006
^ El Sporting cierra el fichaje del bético Alberto Rivera (Sporting complete signing of bético Alberto Rivera); Marca, 16 June 2009 (in Spanish)
^ Rivera, premio al jugador más limpio (Rivera, fair play award) Archived 3 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine; El Comercio, 1 December 2011 (in Spanish)

External links

Alberto Rivera at BDFutbol
Alberto Rivera – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Alberto Rivera – FIFA competition record (archived)
Alberto Rivera at Soccerway

[1] Un pasillo y muchos bostezos (Guard of honour and yawns aplenty); Mundo Deportivo, 11 June 1995 (in Spanish)

[2] "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia] (in Spanish). Desde Soria. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[3] "El Barça cede a Alfonso al Marsella" [Barça loan Alfonso to Marseille] (in Spanish). ABC. 8 January 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

[4] Rivera bought by Betis; UEFA, 30 June 2005

[5] Villarreal 3–2 Real Betis; ESPN Soccernet, 5 November 2006

[6] El Sporting cierra el fichaje del bético Alberto Rivera (Sporting complete signing of bético Alberto Rivera); Marca, 16 June 2009 (in Spanish)

[7] Rivera, premio al jugador más limpio (Rivera, fair play award) Archived 3 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine; El Comercio, 1 December 2011 (in Spanish)

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-| clubs = [[Real Madrid]]</br>[[CD Numancia]] ''(loan)''</br>[[Real Madrid]]</br>[[Olympique de Marseille]]</br>[[Levante UD]]</br>[[Real Betis]]
+| years5 = 2002 | clubs5 = → [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] (loan) | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 2
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-| caps(goals) = 1 (1)</br>29 (1)</br>2 (0)</br>12 (2) </br>37 (5)</br>48 (1)
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+| years8 = 2009–2012 | clubs8 = [[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]] | caps8 = 93 | goals8 = 1
-| nationalteam = [[Spain national under-21 football team|Spain U-21]]<br/>[[Spain national football team|Spain]]
+| years9 = 2012–2014 | clubs9 = [[Elche CF|Elche]] | caps9 = 51 | goals9 = 0
-| nationalcaps(goals) = <br/>0 (0)
+| totalcaps = 560 | totalgoals = 62
-| pcupdate = 22 July 2006
+| nationalyears1 = 1993–1994 | nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-16 football team|Spain U16]] | nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 3
-| ntupdate = 22 July 2006
+| nationalyears2 = 1995–1996 | nationalteam2 = [[Spain national under-18 football team|Spain U18]] | nationalcaps2 = 13 | nationalgoals2 = 7
+| nationalyears3 = 1997 | nationalteam3 = [[Spain national under-20 football team|Spain U20]] | nationalcaps3 = 7 | nationalgoals3 = 2
+| club-update =
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-'''Alberto Rivera''', fullname '''Alberto Rivera Pizarro''', (born [[16 February]] [[1978]] in [[Puertollano]]) is a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Football (soccer)|footballer]] who plays as a central [[midfielder]].
+'''Alberto Rivera Pizarro''' (born 16 February 1978) is a Spanish retired [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[central midfielder]].
+He started out at [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], but played almost exclusively for its [[reserve team]]s during his spell. In a professional career that spanned nearly two decades, he went on to amass [[La Liga]] totals of 282 matches and ten goals over 12 seasons, also representing in the competition [[CD Numancia|Numancia]], [[Levante UD|Levante]], [[Real Betis|Betis]], [[Sporting de Gijón]] and [[Elche CF|Elche]].
-== Career ==
-=== Real Madrid ===
-*Rivera played for Real Madrid between the years of 1994 and 1999. At the age of 17 he made his debut appearance for [[Real Madrid]], which would happen to be his only appearance for the first team for the season, scoring one goal. He played 35 games, scoring 7 goals, during the 1995/1996 season for the [[Real Madrid]] C team.
+==Club career==
-*Between 1996 and 1999 he played 73 matches for [[Real Madrid Castilla]], scoring 20 goals, before moving on to [[CD Numancia|Numancia]] on a loan deal. He played 29 matches for [[CD Numancia|Numancia]], scoring 1 goal, before returning to [[Real Madrid]] where he played 2 [[La Liga]] matches in the 2000/2001 season.
+===Real Madrid===
+Rivera was born in [[Puertollano]], [[Province of Ciudad Real|Ciudad Real]], [[Castilla–La Mancha]]. A product of [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'s youth academy, he made his first-team debut aged only 17 (his only appearance for the main squad during [[1994–95 La Liga|1994–95]]), scoring in a 2–0 away win against [[RC Celta de Vigo]] with the [[La Liga]] title race already decided in their favour while becoming the youngest player to score in an official match in the club's history at the age of 17 years and 114 days.<ref>[http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1995/06/11/pagina-23/1314205/pdf.html Un pasillo y muchos bostezos (Guard of honour and yawns aplenty)]; [[Mundo Deportivo]], 11 June 1995 (in Spanish)</ref> He started his senior career with [[Real Madrid C|the C team]] in the [[Segunda División B]], playing two additional full seasons with [[Real Madrid Castilla]] in the same level and appearing in five [[Segunda División]] games with the latter.
+For [[1999–2000 La Liga|1999–2000]], Rivera signed with [[CD Numancia]] in a loan deal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.desdesoria.es/2013/05/29/breve-enciclopedia-numantina/|title=Breve enciclopedia numantina|trans-title=Brief ''numantina'' encyclopedia|publisher=Desde Soria|language=es|date=29 May 2013|access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref> After helping the [[Soria]] side barely avoid top-division relegation he returned to Real Madrid, where he was featured in two additional league games [[2000–01 La Liga|the following season]]; in January 2002 he had another loan spell, with [[Ligue 1]] side [[Olympique de Marseille]] to where he moved alongside [[Alfonso Pérez]] from [[FC Barcelona]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.es/deportes/futbol/abci-barca-cede-alfonso-marsella-200201080300-70630_noticia.html|title=El Barça cede a Alfonso al Marsella|trans-title=Barça loan Alfonso to Marseille|publisher=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]|language=es|date=8 January 2002|access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref> and appeared regularly for the French team until the end of [[2001–02 French Division 1|the campaign]], in an eventual ninth-place finish.
-=== Marseille ===
-*Rivera then moved to [[Olympique de Marseille]] in 2001. He made 12 league appearances, scoring 2 goals.
-=== Levante ===
+===Levante and Betis===
+Rivera joined [[Levante UD]] in 2002, with the team in the second division. He was an undisputed starter in three seasons, netting a career-high 11 goals in [[2003–04 Segunda División|2003–04's promotion]] before moving on to [[Real Betis]] upon Levante's [[2004–05 La Liga|immediate relegation]] (having played all the matches but one, with five goals), for [[Euro|€]]3.4 million.<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=313245.html Rivera bought by Betis]; UEFA, 30 June 2005</ref>
-*Rivera moved to [[Levante UD]] in 2002. In three seasons he played 113 games, scoring 17 goals, before moving on to [[Real Betis]].
+Rivera made 34 league appearances in [[2005–06 La Liga|2005–06]], adding seven in the [[UEFA Champions League]] and three in the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]], without finding the net however. [[2006–07 La Liga|The following campaign]] he played 27 times, scoring his first goal in a 3–2 defeat at [[Villarreal CF]] on 5 November 2006.<ref>[http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/203850/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739 Villarreal 3–2 Real Betis]; [[ESPN FC|ESPN Soccernet]], 5 November 2006</ref>
-=== Real Betis ===
-*Rivera moved to [[Real Betis|Betis]] in 2005 for €3.4 million. In his first season he made 33 [[La Liga]] appearances, 7 [[UEFA Champions League]] appearances, and 3 [[UEFA Cup]] appearances. He scored no goals.
-==International career==
-He received his first call up to Spain senior team for pre-World Cup 2006 friendly, but injuries dropped him from made debut for.
-== Trivia ==
-*Rivera wears shirt number 18.
+===Sporting===
-== External links ==
+In mid-June 2009, after rejecting Betis' offer of a new deal, and with the [[Andalusia]]ns having been [[2008–09 La Liga|relegated]], Rivera signed a one-year contract with fellow top-tier club [[Sporting de Gijón]] – with the option for a further two – which had barely retained its status, arriving on a [[Free transfer (association football)|free transfer]] and reuniting with former Levante boss [[Manuel Preciado|Manolo Preciado]].<ref>[http://www.marca.com/2009/06/16/futbol/equipos/sporting/1245168448.html El Sporting cierra el fichaje del bético Alberto Rivera (Sporting complete signing of ''bético'' Alberto Rivera)]; [[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]], 16 June 2009 (in Spanish)</ref> At the end of his [[2010–11 La Liga|second season]], he received the ''Fair Play Award'' given by the [[Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional]].<ref>[http://sporting.elcomercio.es/noticias/2011-12-01/betis-granada-acaparan-premios-201112011610.html Rivera, premio al jugador más limpio (Rivera, fair play award)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203220712/http://sporting.elcomercio.es/noticias/2011-12-01/betis-granada-acaparan-premios-201112011610.html|date=3 December 2011}}; [[El Comercio (Spain)|El Comercio]], 1 December 2011 (in Spanish)</ref>
-*{{Football-lineups|id=1583}}
-*{{es icon}} [http://www.realbetisbalompie.es/ Official Website Of Real Betis Balompié S.A.D.]
-*[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/Players/Player=24004/index.html Profile At UEFA.com]
-*{{Lfpfr|104865}}
+Rivera appeared in an average of 31 games during his spell in [[Asturias]], [[2011–12 La Liga|suffering top-flight relegation in his third and final year]]. He retired in summer 2014 at the age of 36 after two seasons with [[Elche CF]], [[2013–14 La Liga|the latter spent in the main division]].
-{{Real Betis Squad}}
+==Honours==
-[[Category:1978 births|Rivera, Alberto]]
+'''Real Madrid'''
-[[Category:Living people|Rivera, Alberto]]
+*[[La Liga]]: [[1994–95 La Liga|1994–95]], [[2000–01 La Liga|2000–01]]
-[[Category:Spanish footballers|Rivera, Alberto]]
-[[Category:La Liga footballers|Rivera, Alberto]]
-[[Category:Levante UD footballers|Rivera, Alberto]]
-[[Category:Real Betis footballers|Rivera, Alberto]]
-[[Category:Real Madrid footballers|Rivera, Alberto]]
-[[Category:Real Madrid Castilla footballers|Rivera, Alberto]]
-[[Category:Real Madrid C footballers|Rivera, Alberto]]
-[[Category:CD Numancia players|Rivera, Alberto]]
-[[Category:Olympique de Marseille players|Rivera, Alberto]]
-[[Category:Spain international footballers|Rivera, Alberto]]
-[[Category:Football (soccer) midfielders|Rivera, Alberto]]
+'''Levante'''
-[[es:Alberto Rivera Pizarro]]
+*[[Segunda División]]: [[2003–04 Segunda División|2003–04]]
-[[fr:Alberto Rivera]]
+'''Elche'''
+*Segunda División: [[2012–13 Segunda División|2012–13]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==External links==
+*{{BDFutbol|72}}
+*{{Lfpfr|rivera-pizarro-alberto}}
+*{{FIFA player|183404}}
+*{{Soccerway|alberto-rivera-pizarro/3181}}
+{{Sporting de Gijón Player of the Season}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Rivera, Alberto}}
+[[Category:1978 births]]
+[[Category:Living people]]
+[[Category:People from Puertollano]]
+[[Category:Spanish men's footballers]]
+[[Category:Footballers from the Province of Ciudad Real]]
+[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
+[[Category:La Liga players]]
+[[Category:Segunda División players]]
+[[Category:Segunda División B players]]
+[[Category:Real Madrid C footballers]]
+[[Category:Real Madrid CF players]]
+[[Category:Real Madrid Castilla footballers]]
+[[Category:CD Numancia players]]
+[[Category:Levante UD footballers]]
+[[Category:Real Betis players]]
+[[Category:Sporting de Gijón players]]
+[[Category:Elche CF players]]
+[[Category:Ligue 1 players]]
+[[Category:Olympique de Marseille players]]
+[[Category:Spain men's youth international footballers]]
+[[Category:Spanish expatriate men's footballers]]
+[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France]]
+[[Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in France]]