Belarmino Rivera

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Belarmino Rivera
Personal information
Full name Belarmino Jose Rivera Jimminson
Date of birth (1956-02-05) February 5, 1956 (age 65)
Place of birth Honduras
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1985 Olimpia
1987–1988 Sula
1988–1995 Olimpia
Platense
Victoria
1997 Real Maya
National team
1980–1993 Honduras 46 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rivera and the second or maternal family name is Jimminson.

Belarmino Rivera Jimminson (born 1956) is a retired Honduran football player.

Club career[]

Nino Rivera played for Olimpia, Sula, Platense, Victoria and Real Maya in the Honduran national league.[1] He made his debut with Olimpia in 1975 and finished his career with Real Maya in 1997, aged 42.[2] His final league game was on 30 August 1997 against Marathón.[3]

He won 4 goalkeeper of the year awards, 3 with Olimpia and 1 with Sula.[4] He was also a goalscorer when between the posts for Olimpa and Sula.[5] He won the CONCACAF Champions League in 1988[6] with Olimpia when he played beside Alex Pineda Chacón, Eugenio Dolmo Flores, Juan Carlos Espinoza, Danilo Galindo and Nahúm Espinoza.

International career[]

Rivera made his debut for Honduras in the late 1980s and played in and has earned a total of 46 caps, scoring no goals.[7] He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[8] and played at the 1991 and 1993 UNCAF Nations Cups,[9] as well as at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[10] He was a non-playing squad member at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11]

His final international was an 18 April 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Canada in which he came on as a substitute when was sent off. His first task was to face a penalty by John Catliff, which was successful and gave Canada their final goal in a 3–1 Canadian win.

Personal life[]

His son José Belarmino Rivera Rosales also played for Olimpia.

Honours and awards[]

Club[]

C.D. Olimpia

Country[]

Honduras

References[]

  1. ^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Ismael responde Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Desafíe a Ismael Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  6. ^ [1] (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Belarmino Rivera – FIFA competition record (archived)
  9. ^ UNCAF Tournament 1993 Archived September 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  10. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details Archived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  11. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details Archived December 24, 2004, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF

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