Stalin Rivas

{{Expand Spanish|topic=bio|Stalin Rivas|date=August 2024}}

{{short description|Venezuelan footballer (born 1971)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Stalin Rivas

| image = Stalin rivas dt.jpg

| fullname = Stalin José Rivas

| height = {{height|m=1.77|precision=0}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1971|08|05}}

| birth_place = San Félix, Venezuela

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1=

| years1 = 1988–1991 | years2 = 1991–1992 | years3 = 1992–1993 | years4 = 1993–1994 | years5 = 1994–2000 | years6 = 2000 | years7 = 2000–2001 | years8 = 2001–2002 | years9 = 2002–2004 | years10 = 2004 | years11 = 2005 | years12 = 2005–2006

| clubs1 = Mineros de Guayana | clubs2 = Standard Liège | clubs3 = Boom | clubs4 = Minervén | clubs5 = Caracas | clubs6 = Millonarios | clubs7 = Deportivo Galicia | clubs8 = Italchacao | clubs9 = Caracas | clubs10 = Italmaracaibo | clubs11 = Deportivo Táchira | clubs12 = Mineros de Guayana

| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 3 | caps4 = | goals4 = | caps5 = | goals5 = | caps6 = | goals6 = | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 2 | caps8 = | goals8 = | caps9 = | goals9 = | caps10 = 12 | goals10 = 2 | caps11 = 7 | goals11 = 0 | caps12 = 10| goals12 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1989–1996

| nationalteam1 = Venezuela

| nationalcaps1= 34 | nationalgoals1 = 3

| pcupdate =

| manageryears1 = 2006 | manageryears2 = 2007 | manageryears3 = 2008

| managerclubs1 = Guaros FC | managerclubs2 = Anzoátegui | managerclubs3 = Mineros de Guayana

}}

Stalin José Rivas (born 5 August 1971 in San Félix, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is described as "the most naturally talented Venezuelan footballer of all time".{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5615753/2024/07/05/venezuela-copa-america-baseball-soccer/|title=Baseball is Venezuela’s national sport – but the 2024 Copa America shows why that might be changing|first=Jack|last=Lang|accessdate=Oct 6, 2024|via=NYTimes.com}}