Guillermo Rivera

Guillermo Rivera
Personal information
Full name	José Guillermo Rivera Escobar
Date of birth	November 25, 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	San Rafael Cedros, El Salvador
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1987	CD FAS
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1998	CD FAS
1999–2001	USAC
2001–2005	AD Isidro Metapán
2004–2005	Once Lobos
International career
1988–2000	El Salvador
Managerial career
2008	CD Marte Soyapango
2009	El Salvador U-17
2010–2011	El Salvador (assistant)
2011–2012	CD Marte Soyapango
2013	Santa Tecla FC (interim / assistant coach)
2013–2014	CD Atlético Marte
2015	CD Dragón
2015–2018	Municipal Ilopaneco
2019	Jocoro FC
2019	El Salvador U-23
2019–2020	CD FAS
2020-2022	Platense
2023-Present	LA Firpo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Guillermo Rivera Escobar (born November 25, 1969) is a retired Salvadoran professional football player.^[2]

Club career

Nicknamed Memo, Rivera came through the youth ranks at FAS, where he would stay for over a decade and win two league titles. In 1999, he moved abroad for a stint at Guatemalan side USAC. He returned to El Salvador to play for Salvadoran second division side Isidro Metapán^[3] alongside fellow international William Renderos Iraheta and finished his career at Once Lobos.

International career

Rivera made his debut for El Salvador in 1988 and has earned a total of 74 caps, scoring 15 goals. He has represented his country in 22 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[4] and played at the 1991, 1993, 1995^[5] and 1999 UNCAF Nations Cups^[6] and was a non-playing squad member at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup^[7] but did play at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[8]

His final international game was an August 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Jamaica.

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 April 1991	Estadio Rigoberto López, Managua, Nicaragua	Nicaragua	-	3-2	1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification
2	2 June 1991	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica	Honduras	1-2	1-2	1991 UNCAF Nations Cup
3	13 September 1992	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Honduras	2-1	3-1	Friendly match
4	17 September 1992	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	1-0	1-1	Friendly match
5	1 November 1992	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Bermuda	4-0	4-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	8 November 1992	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada	Canada	1-1	3-2	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	29 November 1995	Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador	Belize	2-0	3-0	1995 UNCAF Nations Cup
8	3 December 1995	Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador	Costa Rica	1-1	2-1	1995 UNCAF Nations Cup
9	5 May 1996	RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, United States	Bolivia	1-1	1-1	Friendly match
10	8 September 1996	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Cuba	1-0	5-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	8 September 1996	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Cuba	4-0	5-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	21 January 1998	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Trinidad and Tobago	1-0	2-0	Friendly match
13	29 February 2000	Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador	Panama	1-0	3-1	Friendly match
14	23 July 2000	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3-1	7-1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
15	23 July 2000	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4-1	7-1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification