Diego Rivero

Diego Rivero

Personal information
Full name	Diego Alejandro Rivero
Date of birth	August 11, 1981 (1981-08-11) (age 30)
Place of birth	Puerto Esperanza, Argentina
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Right winger
Club information
Current club	Boca Juniors
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2004	Chacarita Juniors	183	(5)
2004–2005	Pachuca	25	(2)
2005	Cruz Azul	10	(0)
2006–2010	San Lorenzo	141	(5)
2011–	Boca Juniors	21	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:44, June 25, 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Diego Alejandro Rivero (born 11 August 1981) is an Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Boca Juniors.

Career

Rivero started his career in 1998 with Chacarita Juniors in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division). In 1999 Chacarita were promoted to the Primera and Rivero continued to play for the club until their relegation in 2004.

Rivero then moved to Mexico to play for Pachuca (2004–2005) and later Cruz Azul (2005).

In 2005, Rivero returned to Argentina to play for San Lorenzo. In 2007, he helped the club to win the 2007 Clausura tournament.

In 2011, Rivero joined Boca Juniors, being part of a barter in which his club exchanged him for Boca's player Matías Giménez.^[1]

Achievements

Club

San Lorenzo

• Primera División: 1

2007 Clausura

References

1. ^ "El Burro se va para La Boca..." (in Spanish). Cancha Llena. 2011-01-06. http://www.canchallena.com/1339356-el-burro-se-va-para-la-boca. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
• Rivero, Diego Alejandro at Historia de Boca.com (Spanish)

Persondata
Name	Rivero, Diego
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	11 August 1981
Place of birth	Puerto Esperanza, Argentina
Date of death
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