José Guillermo Rivera Escobar (born November 25, 1969) is a retired Salvadoran professional football player.
Club career Nicknamed Memo, Rivera came through the youth ranks at FAS, where he would stay for over a decade and win two league titles. In 1999, he moved abroad for a stint at Guatemalan side USAC. He returned to El Salvador to play for Salvadoran second division side Isidro MetapánIsidro-Metapán y Jocoro inician batalla - La Prensa Grafica alongside fellow international William Renderos Iraheta and finished his career at Once Lobos.
International career Rivera made his debut for El Salvador in 1988 and has earned a total of 74 caps, scoring 15 goals. He has represented his country in 22 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1991, 1993, 1995UNCAF Tournament 1995 - RSSSF and 1999 UNCAF Nations CupsUNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF and was a non-playing squad member at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold CupCONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - RSSSF but did play at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF
His final international game was an August 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Jamaica.
International goals Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first. # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 18 April 1991 Estadio Rigoberto López, Managua, Nicaragua - 3-2 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification 2 2 June 1991 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica 1-2 1-2 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup 3 13 September 1992 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 2-1 3-1 Friendly match 4 17 September 1992 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras 1-0 1-1 Friendly match 5 1 November 1992 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 4-0 4-1 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 8 November 1992 Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada 1-1 3-2 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 7 29 November 1995 Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador 2-0 3-0 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup 8 3 December 1995 Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador 1-1 2-1 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup 9 5 May 1996 RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, United States 1-1 1-1 Friendly match 10 8 September 1996 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 1-0 5-0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 8 September 1996 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 4-0 5-0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 12 21 January 1998 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 1-0 2-0 Friendly match 13 29 February 2000 Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador 1-0 3-1 Friendly match 14 23 July 2000 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 3-1 7-1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 15 23 July 2000 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 4-1 7-1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
Personal life Rivera is married and has two children.
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