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Full name | Carlos Humberto Rivas Torres | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 24 May 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Chimbarongo, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1970–1972 | Audax Italiano | ||||||||||||||||
1973–1975 | Deportes Antofagasta | ||||||||||||||||
1976 | Deportes Concepción | ||||||||||||||||
1977 | Santiago Morning | ||||||||||||||||
1978–1982 | Colo-Colo | ||||||||||||||||
1983 | Santiago Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||
1983 | Edmonton Eagles | ? | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1983 | Dinamo Latino | ||||||||||||||||
1983–1984 | Unión Española | ||||||||||||||||
1985 | Dinamo Latino | ||||||||||||||||
1986 | Toronto Blizzard | ||||||||||||||||
1986 | Toronto Italia | ||||||||||||||||
1987 | Chile Lindo | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1975–1982 | Chile | 24 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1987 | Chile Lindo | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Carlos Humberto Rivas Torres (born 24 May 1953) is a Chilean retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Rivas was a midfielder for Colo-Colo in 136 official games over five seasons, and he scored 40 goals during that time. [1] While he was on the team, the team won two national championships (1979 and 1981) and two Polla Gol championships (1981 and 1982). [1] In 1983, he played in the Canadian Professional Soccer League with Edmonton Eagles. [2] [3] The remainder of the 1983 season he played in the National Soccer League with Dinamo Latino, and played once more with the club during the 1985 season. [4] [5] Rivas served as an assistant under Dave Turner in 1986, but still performed as a player for the Toronto Blizzard in the National Soccer League. [6]
In late 1986, he signed with league rivals Toronto Italia. [7] In 1987, he served as a player-coach in the National Soccer League with Chile Lindo. [8] On 26 August 1987, he was suspended from the league for four years for his participation in a brawl between Chile and Windsor Wheels. [8]
Carlos Rivas played for Colo-Colo, a Chilean football team, from 1978 to 1982. [9]
Rivas also represented the Chile national team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. [1]
Rivas was a key figure in the development of a style of football involving prejugadas and creative offensive strategies.[ citation needed]
Rivas served as an assistant coach for the Toronto Blizzard in the National Soccer League in 1986 under head coach Dave Turner. [10] In 1987, he served as a player-coach in the National Soccer League with Chile Lindo. [8] In 2015, he joined the technical staff of the York Region Shooters in the Canadian Soccer League. [11] He founded the CR Soccer Academy in Southern Ontario. [12]
Rivas moved to Canada in 1984. He is the father of one son and one daughter. His son is Canadian soccer player Carlos Rivas Godoy. [12]
He is the son-in-law of Adán Godoy, a Chilean former international goalkeeper, with whom he coincided in Santiago Morning in 1977. [13]