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Pedro Rivera (footballer)

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Pedro Rivera
Personal information
Full name Pedro Rubén Rivera Porra
Date of birth (1976-09-27) 27 September 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Coínco, Chile
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Universidad Católica (youth) (coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2002 O'Higgins 146 (9)
2002–2003 Cobresal 56 (4)
2004–2006 Universidad de Concepción 99 (7)
2007 Everton 12 (0)
2007 Coquimbo Unido 8 (0)
2008 Ñublense 26 (2)
2009–2010 Santiago Morning 23 (0)
2011 Magallanes 15 (0)
Total 385 (22)
Managerial career
2011–2022 Magallanes (youth)
2015 Magallanes (interim)
2016–2017 Magallanes (interim)
2023– Universidad Católica (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Rubén Rivera Porra (born 27 September 1976) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a defender. He currently works in the Universidad Católica youth system. .

Playing career

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A product of O'Higgins, as a member of the 1998 squad, he got promotion to the 1999 Primera División after being the runner-up in the 1998 Primera B alongside players such as Darío Gálvez, Alejandro Tobar, Danilo Miranda, Iván Sepúlveda, among others.[1][2]

In the Chilean Primera División, he also played for Cobresal,[3] Universidad de Concepción,[4] Everton,[5] Coquimbo Unido,[6] Ñublense[7] and Santiago Morning.[8]

In the Primera B de Chile, he also played for Magallanes in 2011, his last club.[9]

Coaching career

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Rivera graduated as a football manager at INAF [es] (National Football Institute) and has worked in the Magallanes youth system. In 2015 and 2016, he assumed as interim coach of the first team.[10][11]

In 2023, he switched to the Universidad Católica youth system.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Club Deportivo O'HIGGINS". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Historia - EL RETORNO A LA SERIE DE HONOR". O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ "2002-2004 – Sin novedad en la era de los torneos cortos". CDCobresal.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Plantel de Primera A del Fútbol del Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción". www.clubdeportivo.udec.cl (in Spanish). 17 February 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ "S. Wanderers rescató un empate ante Everton en el clásico de la Quinta Región". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  6. ^ "COLO-COLO 2:1 COQUIMBO - TORNEO DE CLAUSURA 2007". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  7. ^ Mora, Danilo (5 April 2023). "Los partidos internacionales de Ñublense". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Santiago Morning tuvo un triunfal debut en el Apertura a costa de Cobreloa". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Coquimbo Unido y Magallanes abren la décima fecha de la fase nacional de Primera B". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Magallanes: DT interino Pedro Rivera quiere seguir como entrenador titular la próxima temporada". puranoticia.pnt.cl (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  11. ^ "YA CONFIRMADA LA SALIDA DE PEREYRA, LA DIRIGENCIA SE ABOCARA A CONTRATAR A LA BREVEDAD AL NUEVO CUERPO TÉCNICO DE MAGALLANES". www.manojitos.cl (in Spanish). 28 December 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  12. ^ Stephens, Alberto (16 January 2024). "Aquí están, estos son: Los técnicos del fútbol formativo 2024". Radio de la Cato (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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