Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julio César Rivera González | ||
Date of birth | 12 April 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1973-1983 | Alianza Lima | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1984–1988 | ETE | ||
1989–1991 | Juvenil Los Ángeles | ||
1992 | Melgar | ||
1993–1997 | Sporting Cristal | ||
1999–2000 | Universitario | ||
2002 | Melgar | ||
2003 | Sport Boys | ||
International career | |||
1992–1997 | Peru | 34 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Julio César "Coyote" Rivera González (born 12 April 1967) is a retired Peruvian footballer who played mainly as a winger. [1]
Julio Rivera developed as a footballer in the Alianza Lima youth system. [2] He then started his senior career with Segunda División side Escuela Técnica del Ejército (ETE). [3] Later he joined Juvenil Los Ángeles and played there with his brother Óscar Rivera. [4] There Julio made his debut in the Torneo Descentralizado and played for the Moquegua club until the end of the 1991 season. [4]
He would then have his chance to play for Arequipa giants FBC Melgar in the 1992 Torneo Descentralizado season. [5]
After an impressive season with Melgar, Rivero joined Sporting Cristal in January 1993. [1]
He is a half-brother of Paolo Guerrero, current national team's captain. [6]
His son, also named Julio Rivera, was murdered during a robbery in Lima. [7]