Diosbert Rivero

{{short description|Venezuelan footballer (born 2000)}}

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| name = Diosbert Rivero

| image =

| fullname = Diosbert Alexander Rivero Cantillo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|5|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Guanare, Venezuela

| height = 1.92 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Calamonte

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Llaneros de Guanare

| years1 = 2017–2018 | clubs1 = Llaneros de Guanare | caps1 = 17 | goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2019 | clubs2 = Extremadura B | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2019 | clubs3 = Extremadura | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2019–2020 | clubs4 = Burgos | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs5 = Burgos B | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2021 | clubs6 = → La Unión Atlético (loan) | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2021– | clubs7 = Calamonte | caps7 = 1 | goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2018– | nationalteam1 = Venezuela U20 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 23:28, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

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Diosbert Alexander Rivero Cantillo (born 3 May 2000) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for Spanish club CD Calamonte as a forward.

Club career

Born in Guanare, Rivero was a Llaneros de Guanare youth graduate. He started to appear with the first team during the 2017 season, with the club in the second division, and scored three league goals during his two-year spell at the main squad, helping in their promotion in 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.federacionvenezolanadefutbol.org/goleadores-temporada-2017-segunda-division/|title=Goleadores Temporada 2017 – Segunda División|trans-title=Goalscorers 2017 Season – Segunda División|publisher=Federación Venezolana de Fútbol|language=es|accessdate=5 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.federacionvenezolanadefutbol.org/goleadores-temporada-2018-2da-divison/|title=Goleadores Temporada 2018 – Segunda División|trans-title=Goalscorers 2018 Season – Segunda División|publisher=Federación Venezolana de Fútbol|language=es|accessdate=5 June 2019}}

In January 2019, Rivero moved abroad and joined Spanish club Extremadura UD, being initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera División. He made his professional debut on 4 June, coming on as a late substitute for Kike Márquez in a 1–0 away win against Cádiz CF in the Segunda División championship.{{cite web|url=https://as.com/futbol/2019/06/04/segunda/1559682728_207740.html|title=El Cádiz desperdicia las ocasiones y sale del playoff|trans-title=Cádiz waste their chances and leave the play-offs|publisher=Diario AS|language=es|date=4 June 2019|accessdate=5 June 2019}}

On 15 July 2019, Rivero signed a four-year contract with Segunda División B side Burgos CF.{{cite web|url=http://www.burgoscf.es/ficha/ZF3E4F9BC-B077-FA16-45D3B464A170A677/diosbert-rivero-juventud-para-el-ataque-burgalesista|title=Diosbert Rivero, juventud para el ataque burgalesista|trans-title=Diosbert Rivero, youth for the burgalesista attack|publisher=Burgos CF|language=es|date=15 July 2019|accessdate=16 August 2019}}

Honours

Llaneros de Guanare

References

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