Janny Rivera
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Janny Rivera | ||
Date of birth | 16 August 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Colombia | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Atlanta Silverbacks | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
South Carolina Gamecocks | |||
Clayton State Lakers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves | ||
2014– | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Janny Rivera (born 16 August 1988) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Atlanta Silverbacks as a midfielder.[1]
Career[]
Born in Colombia, Rivera was an NSCAA All American at Louisburg College (NC) and played his junior year at University of South Carolina before joining Clayton State.
Rivera also spent 2012 with the Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves before he signed a contract with the pro club Atlanta Silverbacks in March 2014.
Janny made his professional debut on April 19, 2014 at home against the San Antonio Scorpions. The Silverbacks lost the game 2-1 and Rivera was cautioned with a yellow card.
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Janny Rivera at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Clayton State University alumni
- Colombian footballers
- Colombian expatriate footballers
- South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer players
- Atlanta Silverbacks players
- Association football midfielders
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- North American Soccer League players
- Colombian football midfielder stubs