Miguel Rivera Mora (born 8 May 1961) is a Spanish football manager.
His career was spent almost exclusively in Segunda División B, with two brief spells in interim charge of Almería in La Liga and Segunda División, respectively.
Career Born in Málaga but raised in Alhaurín de la Torre, Andalusia, Rivera began his managerial career at local CF Antequera-Puerto Malagueño, and subsequently managed neighbours Juventud de Torremolinos CF. He first arrived in Segunda División B with Cartagonova FC, after previous stints at Torredonjimeno CF and CD Linares.
After one full campaign in UD Melilla, Rivera was appointed Écija Balompié manager, with the club also in the third level. He remained in charge for three years, and joined fellow league team Águilas CF in June 2007.
Rivera took the club to a 6th place in the season, and subsequently was named Granada 74 CF manager. He stepped down from his role in January 2009, with the club in the relegation zones.
Rivera subsequently remained in the third division in the following years, managing Caravaca CF, CD Leganés, Écija and UD Almería B. He renewed his link with the latter on 22 May 2014, after finishing above the relegation zone.
On 9 December 2014 Rivera was appointed as an interim coach of the main squad, after Francisco's dismissal. Even after the signing of Juan Ignacio Martínez as a permanent manager, he appeared in his first professional match three days later, a 1–4 home loss against Real Madrid.
On 9 June 2015, after taking the B-side to a third position in the campaign (the best of the club's history) and an eventual elimination in the play-offs, Rivera renewed his contract for a further year. That October he had a second stint in interim charge of the first team, now in the second tier. On 21 December, however, he was sacked.
Rivera remained working in the third tier, at Linares Deportivo, Real Valladolid Promesas, UCAM Murcia CF and Mérida AD. After a league restructuring, he was appointed again at Melilla in the fourth-tier Segunda División RFEF on 22 February 2022, nearly 18 years after leaving the North African exclave. In his first full season, the team won promotion as group champions.
On 22 October 2023, after a winless start of the 2023–24 campaign, Rivera was sacked from Melilla. On 23 May of the following year, he was appointed manager of Real Balompédica Linense in division four, on a contract for the upcoming campaign.
On 8 October 2024, after winning one of their first six opening league games; Rivera was sacked as Real Balompédica Linense manager.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Antequera-Puerto Malagueño1 July 199530 June 1996Juventud Torremolinos1 July 199630 June 1997Málaga B1 July 199730 June 1998Torredonjimeno1 July 199930 June 2001Linares1 July 200130 June 2002Cartagonova11 December 200230 June 2003Melilla1 July 200330 June 2004Écija1 July 200411 July 2007Águilas11 July 200719 June 2008 Granada 7419 June 200828 January 2009Caravaca22 July 20096 July 2010Leganés6 July 201017 January 2011 Écija17 January 201230 June 2013Almería B21 January 201421 December 2015Almería (interim)9 December 201412 December 2014Almería (interim)4 October 201519 October 2015 Linares29 June 201615 March 2017 Valladolid B19 September 201721 May 2019 UCAM Murcia8 October 201916 January 2020 Mérida15 March 20214 June 2021 Melilla22 February 202222 October 2023 Linense23 May 20248 October 2024Total —
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