Édson Rivera

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Edson Rivera

| image =

| fullname = Edson Ulises Rivera Vargas

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|11|4}}

| birth_place = Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = UdeG

| clubnumber = 7

| youthyears1 = 2004–2011 |youthclubs1 = Atlas

| years1 = 2011–2013 |clubs1 = Braga |caps1 = 1 |goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2013–2020 |clubs2 = Atlas |caps2 = 70 |goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2015 |clubs3 = → Santos Laguna (loan) |caps3 = 15 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2017–2019 |clubs4 = → Dorados (loan) |caps4 = 62 |goals4 = 8

| years5 = 2020–2023 | clubs5 = Tepatitlán |caps5 = 64 |goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2023–

| clubs6 = UdeG

| caps6 = 15

| goals6 = 8

| nationalyears1 = 2011 | nationalteam1 = Mexico U20

|nationalcaps1 = 12 |nationalgoals1 = 4

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|W|CONCACAF U-20 Championship|2011}}

}}

Edson Ulises Rivera Vargas{{family name footnote|Rivera|Vargas|lang=Spanish}} (born 4 November 1991) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leones Negros UdeG.

Early life

Edson began playing football at age 6. He has been playing for the youth systems of Club Atlas for seven years.{{Cite web|url=http://www.caracol.com.co/mundialsub20/nota.aspx?id=1531987|title=Caracol Radio | Noticias, deportes y opinión en Colombia|access-date=27 August 2011|archive-date=13 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313221911/http://www.caracol.com.co/error404.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/mundialsub20/nota.aspx|url-status=dead}}

Club career

=Atlas=

Rivera began playing with Atlas' lower division team in Tepic, Nayarit in the 2004–05 season. He has played for their youth system for about 7 seasons and has yet to debut with their First Division. He had a stint with Atlas' other team Académicos de Guadalajara in the 2008–09 season.

=Braga=

After his participation in Mexico's U20 World Cup campaign where they would finish third place, and where he finished as their top scorer with three goals, Rivera signed a five-year contract with Braga of the Portuguese Primeira Liga for an undisclosed fee.{{cite web |url=http://www.scbraga.pt/noticia_detalhe.php?id=4342 |title=Sporting Clube de Braga |website=www.scbraga.pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008065213/http://www.scbraga.pt/noticia_detalhe.php?id=4342 |archive-date=2011-10-08}}

Rivera was handed a start by Braga boss Leonardo Jardim in a 2–1 win at Beira-Mar in a league match.

=Return to Atlas=

On November 16, 2012, Rivera was presented as the first signing of Atlas for the Clausura 2013 tournament.http://www.informador.com.mx/deportes/2012/418078/6/edson-rivera-promete-darle-alegrias-a-la-fiel.htm (in Spanish) He scored his first goal of the season on February 9, 2013, against Atlante F.C., in which he dedicated it to his mother, who died that same week.