Enrique Rivers
{{short description|Costa Rican footballer (born 1961)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Enrique Rivers
| fullname = Enrique Rivers Gutiérrez
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|01|04}}
| birth_place = Limón, Costa Rica
| height = {{height|m=1.70}}
| currentclub =
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1978–1979 | clubs1 = Limonense | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1980–1984 | clubs2 = Saprissa | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 1985 | clubs3 = Comunicaciones | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4 = 1985 | clubs4 = Guanacasteca | caps4 = | goals4 =
| years5 = 1986 | clubs5 = Saprissa | caps5 = | goals5 =
| years6 = 1987–1988 | clubs6 = Limonense | caps6 = | goals6 = 10
| years7 = 1990–1991 | clubs7 = Herediano | caps7 = | goals7 =
| years8 = 1992–1993 | clubs8 = Limonense | caps8 = | goals8 =
| nationalyears1 = 1983–1989
| nationalteam1 = Costa Rica
| nationalcaps1 = 13
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1995–1996 | managerclubs1 = Belén (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 1996–1997 | managerclubs2 = Herediano (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 1997–2000 | managerclubs3 = Saprissa (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2000 | managerclubs4 = Limonense
| manageryears5 = 2001 | managerclubs5 = Saprissa
| manageryears6 = 2012– | managerclubs6 = Saprissa de Corazón
| pcupdate =
| ntupdate =
}}
{{family name hatnote|Rivers|Gutiérrez|lang=Spanish}}
Enrique Rivers Gutiérrez (born 4 January 1961) became one of the most famous Costa Rican football players during the 1980s.
Club career
Rivers made his debut in the Costa Rica Primera División in 1978 with hometown club Limonense.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2000/julio/27/deportes1.html "Quiero orden"•Enrique Rivers, técnico limonense, procura disciplina y lucha en su equipo] - Nación {{in lang|es}}
He played most of his career with Saprissa, as well as for Comunicaciones in Guatemala and Herediano. He retired in 1993.
International career
Rivers made his debut for Costa Rica in a March 1983 friendly match against Mexico and he is mostly remembered for scoring the goal against Italy's national team during the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles.{{FIFA player|56944}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/enrique-rivers-1.html|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|title=Enrique Rivers|accessdate=2008-03-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106102832/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/enrique-rivers-1.html|archivedate=2009-01-06}} At that period of time, the Italians were the World Cup champions, and their defeat against Costa Rica was a historic event in the football world.
His final international was a May 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad & Tobago.
Managerial career
After retiring from professional football, Rivers was assistant to manager Alexandre Guimarães for five years at Belén, Herediano and Saprissa, where they won the 1998 and 1999 local championships. His first job in charge was at Limonense in 2000 and he was head coach of Deportivo Saprissa for a short period of time as well, but decided to focus on the coordinating tasks for Saprissa's minor league system, where he has been able to discover and recruit young kids and launch them into successful football careers. In December 2012 he was put in charge of Saprissa's reserve team, Saprissa de Corazón, in the second division.[http://www.aldia.cr/futbol-costa-rica/segunda-division/Enrique_Rivers-Saprissa_de_Corazon-liga_de_Ascenso_0_40195996.html Rivers dirigirá al Saprissa de Corazón] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203142150/http://www.aldia.cr/futbol-costa-rica/segunda-division/Enrique_Rivers-Saprissa_de_Corazon-liga_de_Ascenso_0_40195996.html |date=2013-12-03 }} - Al Día {{in lang|es}}
References
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{{Costa Rica Squad 1984 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Footballers from Limón Province
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Costa Rican men's footballers
Category:Costa Rica men's international footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for Costa Rica
Category:Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Deportivo Saprissa players
Category:Comunicaciones F.C. players
Category:Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala
Category:Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala
Category:Costa Rican football managers
Category:Deportivo Saprissa managers
Category:Deportivo Saprissa non-playing staff
Category:A.D. Guanacasteca players
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