Emanuel Rivas

{{short description|Argentine footballer}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Emanuel Rivas

| fullname = Emanuel Benito Rivas

| image =

| height = {{height|m=1.77}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|3|17}}

| birth_place = Quilmes, Argentina

| currentclub =

| clubnumber = 9

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 2001–2004 | caps1 = 47 | goals1 = 4 | clubs1 = Independiente

| years2 = 2004–2005 | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Arsenal de Sarandí

| years3 = 2005–2006 | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Vitória SC

| years4 = 2006–2007 | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 2 | clubs4 = → Iraklis (on loan)

| years5 = 2007–2008 | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Talleres de Córdoba

| years6 = 2008 | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 2 | clubs6 = → Arezzo (on loan)

| years7 = 2008–2012 | caps7 = 75 | goals7 = 6 | clubs7 = Bari

| years8 = 2012 | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 1 | clubs8 = Varese

| years9 = 2012–2013 | caps9 = 25 | goals9 = 2 | clubs9 = Verona

| years10 = 2013–2014 | caps10 = 16 | goals10 = 0 | clubs10 = Spezia

| years11 = 2014–2015 | caps11 = 9 | goals11 = 0 | clubs11 = Varese

| years12 = 2015– | caps12 = 2 | goals12 = 0 | clubs12 = Livorno

}}

Emanuel Benito Rivas (born March 17, 1983, in Quilmes) is an Argentine former football midfielder who last played for the Italian club Livorno.

Career

=From Independiente to Vitória SC=

Rivas started his career in 1999 with Independiente in the Primera Division Argentina. He was part of the Independiente squad that won the Apertura 2002 championship, ending a 7-year drought without a single title.

In 2004, he moved to Avellaneda's 3rd club; Arsenal de Sarandí but after only one season with Arsenal he was signed by Vitória SC of Portugal.

=From Arezzo to Varese=

After six months with Serie C1 club Arezzo, he was noted by then-Serie B club Bari who signed him in June 2008. He also played regularly in the club's comeback season to Serie A in 2009–10.

On 30 January 2012, he played for Varese.

Honours

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!Club

!Title

Apertura 2002Club Atlético IndependientePrimera Division Argentina