Jorge Rivera (footballer, born 1996)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jorge Luis Rivera | ||
Date of birth | March 24, 1996 | ||
Place of birth | San Juan, Puerto Rico | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Don Bosco FC | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
Don Bosco | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Guayama | 20 | (12) |
2016–2017 | Puerto Rico FC | 25 | (1) |
2018 | Penn FC | 8 | (0) |
2019– | Don Bosco FC | (8) | |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | Puerto Rico U17 | 3 | (0) |
2015– | Puerto Rico | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:51, 15 October 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 14, 2017 |
Jorge Luis Rivera (born March 24, 1996) is a Puerto Rican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Don Bosco FC in the Liga Puerto Rico.
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]Guayama FC
[edit]Rivera played club football for Guayama FC in the 2015 season.
Puerto Rico FC
[edit]On February 26, 2016, Rivera joined the newly created Puerto Rico FC, that set to begin play in the NASL's 2016 fall season.[1]
The 20-year-old starter started four games, came in as a substitute in five and played 343 minutes in the 2016 season. Also scored his first two goals as a professional during the Luis Villarejo Cup. On January 27, 2017, PRFC announced the resigning of Jorge Rivera.[2]
Penn FC
[edit]In February 2018, Rivera signed with Penn FC in the United Soccer League.[3]
Don Bosco FC
[edit]In January 2019, Rivera returned to Puerto Rico to play with Don Bosco FC in the Liga Puerto Rico. He scored his first goal on January 12 against Bayamón FC.[4]
International
[edit]Rivera made his senior international debut for Puerto Rico in 2015.[1]
On March 26, 2016, Rivera scores his first goal for Puerto Rico national football team against Anguilla in the 42' minute of a 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification match.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 8 February 2018[6]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Guayama | 2015 | LNF | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 12 | |
Puerto Rico | 2016 | NASL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | 2 | |
2017 | NASL | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 1 | ||
Penn FC | 2018 | USL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 45 | 13 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 35 | 15 |
International
[edit]Puerto Rico national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2016 | 7 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 8 | 1 |
Statistics accurate as of match played Junee 13, 2017[7]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | March 26, 2016 | Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre – The Valley, Anguilla | ![]() |
3–0 | 4–0 |
2017 Caribbean Cup qualification |
Honors
[edit]- Puerto Rico FC
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Two More Players Join the Puerto Rico Football Club". puertoricofc.com. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ "Regresa el tridente boricua para la temporada 2017 | FutbolBoricua.net".
- ^ "Penn FC signs Jorge Rivera". Penn FC. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Don Bosco saca espectacular empate ante Bayamón FC en la Liga Puerto Rico". 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Puerto Rico vence a Anguila y avanza en la Copa del Caribe".
- ^ "J.Rivera". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Jorge Rivera". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- Jorge Rivera at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Puerto Rican men's footballers
- Puerto Rico men's international footballers
- Puerto Rico FC players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Penn FC players
- USL Championship players
- North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Puerto Rican football biography stubs