Harold Rivera

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Harold Rivera
Personal information
Full name Harold Rivera Roa
Date of birth (1970-07-06) 6 July 1970 (age 51)
Place of birth Ibagué, Colombia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Deportes Tolima
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1995 Deportes Tolima
1996 Atlético Huila
1997 Unión Magdalena
1998 Junior
1999–2000 Atlético Bucaramanga
2001 Millonarios
2002–2004 Cortuluá
2005 Deportes Tolima
Teams managed
2008–2011 Colombia U15
2011 Colombia (women) (assistant)
2012–2013 Colombia U17
2013 Patriotas (assistant)
2014–2016 Patriotas
2017 Atlético Bucaramanga
2017–2019 Unión Magdalena
2019–2021 Santa Fe
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Harold Rivera Roa (born 6 July 1970) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Career[]

Born in Ibagué, Rivera represented Deportes Tolima, Atlético Huila, Unión Magdalena, Junior, Atlético Bucaramanga, Millonarios and Cortuluá as a player. He retired in 2005 with Tolima at the age of 35, and started working with Tolima's youth categories immediately after his retirement.

In 2008, after two years managing the Tolima regional team, Rivera was named manager of the Colombia under-15 national team. In 2011, after a short period as Ricardo Rozo's assistant at the women's national team, he was appointed in charge of the under-17s.

In 2013, Rivera joined Julio Comesaña's staff at Patriotas Boyacá, as his assistant. On 4 February of the following year, he was named manager of the club after Comesaña resigned.[1]

Rivera asked to resign from Patriotas in April 2016 due to personal reasons, but the club did not accept and gave him a 60-day leave.[2] He left the club on 5 December of that year, after his contract ended,[3] and took over former club Atlético Bucaramanga twelve days later.[4]

Sacked by Bucaramanga on 5 March 2017,[5] Rivera was named at the helm of another club he represented as a player, Unión Magdalena, on 14 August.[6] He resigned from the club in June 2019, and was appointed manager of Independiente Santa Fe on 7 August.[7]

Personal life[]

Rivera's son, , is also a footballer. He also represented Huila.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Harold Rivera nuevo DT de Patriotas" [Harold Rivera new manager of Patriotas] (in Spanish). Colombia.com. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Patriotas no le aceptó la renuncia a Harold Rivera" [Patriotas did not accept the resignation of Harold Rivera] (in Spanish). Caracol Televisión. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Harold Rivera no continuará en la dirección técnica del Patriotas" [Harold Rivera will not continue managing Patriotas] (in Spanish). Caracol Radio. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Harold Rivera es el nuevo DT de Bucaramanga" [Harold Rivera is the new manager of Bucaramanga] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Hárold Rivera fue destituido como técnico de Bucaramanga" [Harold Rivera was sacked as manager of Bucaramanaga] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Harold Rivera es el nuevo DT del Unión Magdalena" [Harold Rivera is the new manager of Unión Magdalena] (in Spanish). Código Fútbol. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Santa Fe anunció a Harold Rivera como nuevo DT" [Santa Fe announced Harold Rivera as new manager] (in Spanish). El Nuevo Siglo. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Dos finales en dos días: los Rivera quieren hacer historia en 2020" [Two finals in two days: the Riveras want to make history in 2020] (in Spanish). FutbolRed. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

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