Jose Manuel Rivera

Football player infobox| playername= Manuel Rivera


fullname = José Manuel Rivera
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|06|16|df=y
cityofbirth = Guadalajara , Jalisco
countryofbirth = Mexico
height= height|m=1.77
current club = Club Toluca
current number = 17
position = Centre Forward
years = ?-?
?-?
2006–2007
2007
2007
2008–
clubs = CF Atlas
CF Pachuca
FC Spartak Trnava
Budapest Honvéd FC
Jaguares de Chiapas
Club Toluca
caps(goals) = 0 (0)
0 (0)
4 (1)
0 (0)
8 (0)
0 (0)
pcupdate = April 15, 2008
ntupdate =

Jose Manuel Rivera Galvan (born 16 June 1986 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican football striker who currently plays for Club Toluca In the Mexican First Division.

He signed with FC Spartak Trnava in August 2006 as a free agent. Not a lot is known about Manuel Rivera. He spent time in the minor league teams of CF Atlas and CF Pachuca. Having little opportunity to show what he is capable of on these two teams, he was forced to travel to Europe in search of a contract. He had try-outs during the course of the next month with teams from The Netherlands, France, and Germany. He tried their second, third, and even fourth divisions, until finally, his agent received a call for Rivera to go and try-out for the Slovakian club FC Spartak Trnava.

He arrived at the club on August 4 2006 to practice with the B team. On the very next Tuesday, he got to play in a friendly match with the A team against a club team from Kuwait. They told him that this was his only opportunity to show what he is made of and that if you play well you stay, if not you go. He entered in the second half of the game and ended up scoring two goals. His signing with the team was very quick after that and he made his league debut against Inter Bratislava where he played 27 minutes and had an assist. In the match against FC Artmedia Petrzalka August 27th, 2006 scored one goal from penalty kick.For the 2007 season he will play for Jaguares de Chiapas of the Mexican first division.

[http://t1msn.espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=473186] Article in Spanish

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* [http://www.spartak.sk/ Spartak Trnava Official Website]