 Rivas in 1970 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Rivas González | ||
| Date of birth | July 17, 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Soyapango, El Salvador | ||
| Date of death | 1972 (aged 30–31) | ||
| Position(s) | Right Back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1970 | Alianza | ||
| International career | |||
| 1967–1970 | El Salvador | 30 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Roberto Rivas González (17 July 1941 – 8 February 1972) was a football player from El Salvador who played as a defender.
Nicknamed La Burra (The Donkey), Rivas was a one-club man and has only played for Alianza during the 1960s and won two league titles in 1965 and 1966 when he played alongside fellow club legends like José Quintanilla, Mario Monge and Francisco Zamora.
Rivas has represented his country in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1968 Olympic Games and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.[1]
Rivas died in a suicide in 1972.[2] By June 2010, Rivas was one of six 1968 Olympic footballers of El Salvador who had already died.[3] Alianza retired the number 2 shirt in honour of Rivas.[4]
