Blas Riveros
![]() Riveros with Basel in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Blas Miguel Riveros Galeano | ||
Date of birth | 3 February 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Itauguá, Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Brøndby | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2015 | Olimpia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Olimpia | 20 | (0) |
2016–2020 | Basel | 71 | (3) |
2020– | Brøndby | 7 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2015–2016 | Paraguay U17 | 12 | (0) |
2017 | Paraguay U20 | 4 | (0) |
2016– | Paraguay | 7 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:27, 1 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 October 2020 |
Blas Miguel Riveros Galeano (born 3 February 1998) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF and the Paraguay national team.
Club career[]
Olimpia Asunción[]
Riveros started his professional career with Olimpia Asunción in the Primera División Paraguaya after coming through their youth system. He lifted the Primera División title with the club in 2015.
Basel[]
On 4 May 2016, FC Basel announced that they had signed Riveros on a five-year deal. Due to Riveros' commitments with the Paraguay national football team in the Copa América, he was not expected to join the Basel first team until the beginning of July.[1] Riveros made his debut for his new team on 15 October 2016 in the home game against Luzern. The game ended with a 3–0 victory and Riveros played the full game.[2]
In the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage Riveros played in each of the six matches as the Basel U-19 team qualified for the knock-out round.[3]
Under trainer Urs Fischer Riveros won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[4] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.[5]
Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.[6] played in three cup games.
Brøndby[]
On 5 October 2020, Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF announced the signing of Riveros on a four-year contract.[7] He made his debut for the club on 5 November in a Danish Cup match against Ledøje-Smørum Fodbold, immediately contributing with an assist to the decisive goal by Simon Hedlund in a 1–0 win.[8][9] In his Danish Superliga debut on 8 November, he scored the opening goal in a 3–1 home win over OB, but suffered a knee injury in the second-half after a collision with Ryan Laursen.[10] Tests later confirmed that he had tore his posterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament, keeping him sidelined for around 12 months.[11]
Riveros made his return to the Brøndby side on 17 October 2021, coming on as a substitute 12 minutes before the end of the match in Brøndby's 3–2 win against Vejle Boldklub. He made an immediate impact, making an assist for the 2–2 goal by Mikael Uhre.[12]
International career[]
On 28 May 2016, Riveros made his debut for the Paraguay national football team against Mexico and he played the full game. He was named in Paraguay's squad for the Copa América Centenario.[13] He failed to make an appearance, however, as Paraguay were eliminated at the group stages without having recorded a win.
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of 28 November 2021[14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Olimpia | 2015 | Primera División | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
2016 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
Basel | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
2017–18 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5[b] | 1 | — | 32 | 2 | |||
2018–19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | |||
2019–20 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7[c] | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 71 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 1 | — | 95 | 4 | |||
Brøndby | 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Total | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
Career total | 98 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 6 |
- ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours[]
Club[]
Olimpia
Basel
Brøndby
References[]
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Blás Riveros". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Caspar Marti (2016). "3:0 Sieg gegen Luzern in einem unterhaltsamen Spiel". fcb.ch. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ UEFA.com (2016). "Gruppenphase Groupe A". uefa.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Brøndby IF henter Blas Riveros". brondby.com (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Sejr over LSF i Sydbank Pokalen". Brøndby IF (in Danish). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Jensen, Anders (6 November 2020). "Ærgerlig DS-back: Brøndby fik et 'pis-mål'". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Wehlast, Mads Glenn (9 November 2020). "Brøndbys værste frygt bekræftet". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Blas Riveros ude med alvorlig knæskade". Brøndby IF (in Danish). 9 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Uhre og Cappis vendte nederlag til sejr for BIF". bold.dk. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Rojas, Roberto (31 May 2016). "Copa America Centenario: Paraguay Team Preview". Vavel. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Blas Riveros". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Soccer-Brondby beat Nordsjaelland to clinch Danish league title". Yahoo Sports. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
External links[]
- Blas Riveros at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Itauguá
- Association football defenders
- Paraguayan footballers
- Paraguay international footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate footballers
- Paraguayan Primera División players
- Swiss Super League players
- Danish Superliga players
- Club Olimpia footballers
- FC Basel players
- Brøndby IF players
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Copa América Centenario players