Óscar Rivas (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Óscar Rivas

| image =

| fullname = Óscar Rivas Viondi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|3|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Albacete, Spain

| height = 1.90m

| position = Centre back

| currentclub = Vitória de Guimarães

| clubnumber = 15

| youthyears1 = 2009–2018 | youthclubs1 = Atlético Madrid

| youthyears2 = 2018–2019 | youthclubs2 = Getafe

| years1 = 2019–2021 | clubs1 = Móstoles | caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2021 | clubs2 = Alcorcón B | caps2 = 12 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2021–2024 | clubs3 = Alcorcón | caps3 = 62 | goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2024– | clubs4 = Vitória de Guimarães | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 1

| club-update = 9 March 2025

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Óscar Rivas Viondi (born 27 March 2000) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central defender for Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães.

Club career

Born in Albacete, Castilla–La Mancha, Rivas was a Getafe CF youth graduate, after starting out at Atlético Madrid.{{cite web|url=http://poblafm.com/dh5/ganador-de-la-liga-promises-suena-con-llegar-al-borussia-dortmund|title=Ganador de la Liga Promises, sueña con llegar al Borussia Dortmund|trans-title=Winner of La Liga Promises, dreams of reaching Borussia Dortmund|publisher=Pobla FM|language=es|date=20 February 2019|accessdate=15 December 2021}} On 17 July 2019, after finishing his formation, he signed for Tercera División side CD Móstoles URJC.{{cite web|url=http://cdmostoles.com/pnfg/NPcd/NFG_VerNoticia?cod_primaria=3000181&cod_noticia=41076|title=FICHAJES {{!}} Óscar Rivas es la nueva pieza del puzzle azulón|trans-title=SIGNINGS {{!}} Óscar Rivas is the new piece of the blue puzzle|publisher=CD Móstoles URJC|language=es|date=17 July 2019|accessdate=15 December 2021}}

Rivas made his senior debut on 25 August 2019, starting in a 2–3 home loss against AD Torrejón CF. He scored his first goal on 3 November, netting his team's third in a 4–0 home routing of CD Paracuellos Antamira.

In July 2021, Rivas moved to AD Alcorcón and was assigned to the reserves in the Tercera División RFEF.{{cite web|url=https://www.adalcorcon.com/noticia/comienza-el-proyecto-del-alcorcon-b-2021-2022|title=Comienza el proyecto del Alcorcón B 2021–2022|trans-title=The project of Alcorcón B 2021–2022 starts|publisher=AD Alcorcón|language=es|date=26 July 2021|accessdate=15 December 2021}} He made his first-team debut on 15 December, starting in a 1–2 extra time away loss against Sporting de Gijón in the season's Copa del Rey.{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/copa-rey/2021/12/15/61ba666e268e3e115d8b4585.html|title=Djurdjevic sostiene a Gallego|trans-title=Djurdjevic sustains Gallego|publisher=Marca|language=es|date=15 December 2021|accessdate=15 December 2021}}

Rivas scored his first professional goal on 27 March 2022, netting his team's only in a 1–2 home loss against Real Valladolid.{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/segunda-division/alcorcon-vs-valladolid/cronica/2022/03/27/6240981b46163f34738b45be.html|title=El Valladolid recupera la fe ante un Alcorcón peleón|trans-title=Valladolid recover the faith against a combative Alcorcón|publisher=Marca|language=es|date=27 March 2022|accessdate=24 April 2022}} On 21 April, he renewed his contract until 2024, with an option for another two years.{{cite web|url=https://www.adalcorcon.com/noticia/oscar-rivas-renovado|title=Óscar Rivas, renovado|trans-title=Óscar Rivas, renewed|publisher=AD Alcorcón|language=es|date=21 April 2022|accessdate=24 April 2022}}

On 2 July 2024, Rivas signed a four-year contract with Vitória de Guimarães in Portugal.{{cite web|publisher=Vitória de Guimarães|url=https://vitoriasc.pt/en/2024/07/02/oscar-rivas-assegurado-para-o-eixo-da-defesa/|title=Óscar Rivas assegurado para o eixo da defesa|trans-title=Óscar Rivas secured as central defender|date=2 July 2024|access-date=9 October 2024|language=pt}} On 7 November 2024, Rivas scored the second goal in a 2-1 victory over FK Mladá Boleslav in a UEFA Conference League league stage game.{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=Vitória SC vs Mladá Boleslav {{!}} UEFA Conference League 2024/25 |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/match/2042268--vitoria-sc-vs-mlada-boleslav/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=UEFA |language=en}}

Personal life

Rivas' twin brother Mario is also a footballer; a forward, he was also part of the youth setup at Getafe. Their father Antonio was also a footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.telemadrid.es/programas/el-partido-de-la-una/gemelos-Rivas-Mostoles-URJC-Leganes-9-2317958197--20210226025454.html|title=Los gemelos Rivas se miden en el CD Móstoles URJC - Leganés B|trans-title=The Rivas twins face each other in CD Móstoles URJC - Leganés B|publisher=Telemadrid|language=es|date=26 February 2021|accessdate=31 October 2021}}