Édson Rivera
| Personal information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edson Ulises Rivera Vargas | |||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1991 | |||||||||
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | |||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||
Current team | Tepatitlán | |||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||
| 2004–2011 | Atlas | |||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
| 2011–2013 | Braga | 1 | (0) | |||||||
| 2013–2020 | Atlas | 70 | (7) | |||||||
| 2015 | → Santos Laguna (loan) | 15 | (0) | |||||||
| 2017–2019 | → Dorados (loan) | 62 | (8) | |||||||
| 2020– | Tepatitlán | 56 | (4) | |||||||
| National team | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Mexico U20 | 10 | (4) | |||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||
Edson Ulises Rivera Vargas (born 4 November 1991) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tepatitlán.
Early life[]
Edson began playing football at age 6. He has been playing for the youth systems of Club Atlas for seven years.[1]
Club career[]
Atlas[]
Rivera began playing with Atlas' lower division team in Tepic, Nayarit in the 2004–05 season. He has played for their youth system for about 7 seasons and has yet to debut with their First Division. He had a stint with Atlas' other team Académicos de Guadalajara in the 2008–09 season.
Braga[]
After his participation in Mexico's U20 World Cup campaign where they would finish third place, and where he finished as their top scorer with three goals, Rivera signed a five-year contract with Braga of the Portuguese Primeira Liga for an undisclosed fee.[2]
Rivera was handed a start by Braga boss Leonardo Jardim in a 2–1 win at Beira-Mar in a league match.
Return to Atlas[]
On November 16, 2012, Rivera was presented as the first signing of Atlas for the Clausura 2013 tournament.[3] He scored his first goal of the season on February 9, 2013 against Atlante F.C., in which he dedicated it to his mother, who died that same week.
International career[]
Mexico U-20[]
Rivera has been involved with the Mexico national football team in U-20. He competed in tournaments such as the 2011 Toulon Tournament in France. He was also Mexico's top scorer in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Honours[]
Santos Laguna
Tepatitlán
Mexico U20
References[]
External links[]
- Édson Rivera – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
- Edson Rivera Vargas at ESPN FC
- Édson Rivera at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Mexico under-20 international footballers
- Mexican expatriate footballers
- Mexican footballers
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga MX players
- S.C. Braga players
- S.C. Braga B players
- Atlas F.C. footballers
- Santos Laguna footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Association football forwards