José Arturo Rivas

José Rivas
	Rivas with Tigres UANL
Personal information
Full name	José Arturo Rivas Mortera
Date of birth	October 18, 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth	Veracruz, Mexico
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	UANL U-18 (assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Delfines de Coatzacoalcos
2003–2004	Zacatepec
2004–2018	Tigres UANL
2017–2018	→ Veracruz (loan)
Total
National team
2015	Mexico
Teams managed
2019–	Tigres UANL Reserves and Academy (assistant)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

José Arturo Rivas Mortera (born October 18, 1984), also known as "Palmera", is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Rivas has spent the most of his career in Tigres, winning three Liga MX, one Copa MX and one Campeón de Campeones championships.

Tigres UANL[]

Jose Arturo Rivas played most of his career with Tigres playing since 2004 to 2018 ending his career at Veracruz in 2018. In the 105th minute of the game, Jose Arturo Rivas received a red card because of violent conduct and being part of a massive brawl in the Apertura 2016 Liga MX Final vs Club America but his team still ended up winning the final on penalties with Nahuel Guzman stopping every penalty shot.

Honours[]

Tigres UANL

Mexico

CONCACAF Cup: 2015

External links[]

José Arturo Rivas at Official Liga MX Profile
José Arturo Rivas – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
José Arturo Rivas' Statistics (In Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-12-14)
José Arturo Rivas at Soccerway
José Rivas at ZeroZero