José María Rivas
{{short description|Salvadoran footballer (1958-2016)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Rivas|Martínez|lang=Spanish}}
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| fullname = José María Rivas Martínez
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1958|5|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = San Salvador, El Salvador
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|1|9|1958|5|12|df=yes}}
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| height = {{height|m=1.83}}
| position = Striker
| currentclub =
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| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1978–1984
| clubs1 = Independiente
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| years2 = 1985–1990
| clubs2 = Atlético Marte
| years3 = 1990–1991
| clubs3 = San Pedro Dolphins
| years4 = 1992
| clubs4 = Huracán
| years5 = 1992
| clubs5 = Cojutepeque
| pcupdate =
| nationalyears1 = 1980–1989
| nationalteam1 = El Salvador
| nationalcaps1 = 47
| nationalgoals1 = 19
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José María Rivas Martínez (12 May 1958 – 9 January 2016) was a football player from El Salvador.
Club career
Nicknamed Mandingo, Rivas played several years for Independiente De San Vicente and Atlético Marte, with whom he won a League Championship in 1985. In 1990, he joined San Pedro of Belize and after leaving them had short spells at the end of his career in the Salvadoran second division with Huracán
and Cojutepeque.{{cite web|url=http://www.esalmundotv.com/?p=4126 |title="El Mandigo Goleador urge de nuestra ayuda" – ESALMUNDOTV.COM :: Transmitiendo en directo desde El Salvador al Mundo |website=Esalmundotv.com |date= |accessdate=2016-01-11}}
He won the 1985 Top league goal scorer award and also won the Golden Boot and Golden Ball in that year.
International career
The moustached Rivas made his official debut for El Salvador in a March 1980 friendly match against Panama, played in 17 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and featured in all three of El Salvador's games at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.{{FIFA player|56928}} He scored 19 goals for the El Salvador national football team from 1980 to 1989.{{cite web|author=Owsianki, Jarek|title=El Salvador - Record International Players|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/elsal-recintlp.html|date=2004-04-18|website=RSSSF|accessdate=2016-01-11}} He scored 42 goals in 97 matches including non-official games.[http://fusaflor.org/carta-ayuda.pdf]{{dead link|date=January 2016}}
His final international game was a November 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the United States in St. Louis.
Retirement and illness
After he retired, he was in charge of C.D. Árabe Marte and took the reins at FAS in 1999 along with José Luis Rugamas.[http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/edicionesanteriores/mayo29/DEPORTES/depor7.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050118185200/http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/edicionesanteriores/mayo29/DEPORTES/depor7.html |date=January 18, 2005 }}
During his playing career, he had obtained his medical diplomas to become a doctor and was part of the El Salvador national football team medical staff. In June 2011, it became clear Rivas was seriously ill{{cite web|url=http://www.clubdeportivoatleticomarte.com/2011/06/jose-mariamandingo-rivas-simbolo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002100728/http://www.clubdeportivoatleticomarte.com/2011/06/jose-mariamandingo-rivas-simbolo.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2 October 2011 |title=Jose Maria Mandingo Rivas Simbolo Marciano esta muy enfermo. ~ Club Deportivo Atletico Marte |website=Clubdeportivoatleticomarte.com |date= |accessdate=2016-01-11}} and needed a marrow operation, for which funds would be raised with a benefit match.[http://www.elsalvadorfc.com/2011-07-01-mandingo-rivas-necesita-ayuda] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123195404/http://www.elsalvadorfc.com/2011-07-01-mandingo-rivas-necesita-ayuda |date=November 23, 2011 }} A lot of former players were reunited to help Rivas.{{cite web|url=http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6429&idArt=6156512 |accessdate=January 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906115252/http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6429&idArt=6156512 |archivedate=September 6, 2011 }} Rivas died of leukemia on 9 January 2016 at the age of 57.{{cite web |url=http://www.elgrafico.com/2016/01/09/fallecio-jose-maria-mandingo-rivas |title=Falleció José María "Mandingo" Rivas | El Gráfico |website=Elgrafico.com |date= |accessdate=2016-01-11 |archive-date=28 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128074604/http://www.elgrafico.com/2016/01/09/fallecio-jose-maria-mandingo-rivas |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120723123400/http://www.clubdeportivoatleticomarte.com/p/historia.html History]}} - Atletico Marte {{in lang|es}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160121210422/http://www.clubdeportivoatleticomarte.com/2011/05/jose-maria-rivas-atletico-marte.html Jose Maria Rivas -Atletico Marte]}} - Atletico Marte {{in lang|es}}
{{El Salvador Squad 1982 World Cup}}
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Category:Footballers from San Salvador
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Salvadoran men's footballers
Category:El Salvador men's international footballers
Category:1982 FIFA World Cup players
Category:C.D. Atlético Marte footballers
Category:Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belize