Williams Riveros
{{short description|Paraguayan footballer (born 1992)}}
{{family name hatnote|Riveros|Ibáñez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Williams Riveros
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Williams Ismael Riveros Ibáñez
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|11|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Asunción, Paraguay
| height = {{height|m=1.88}}
| position = Centre back
| currentclub = Universitario de Deportes
| clubnumber = 3
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2010–2013
| clubs1 = Sportivo Trinidense
| caps1 = 2
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2013–2019
| clubs2 = Flandria
| caps2 = 133
| goals2 = 9
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = → Temperley (loan)
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2018–2019
| clubs4 = → Delfín SC (loan)
| caps4 = 65
| goals4 = 7
| years5 = 2020–2023
| clubs5 = Barcelona SC
| caps5 = 54
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2022
| clubs6 = → Cerro Porteño (loan)
| caps6 = 12
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2023
| clubs7 = → Universitario de Deportes (loan)
| caps7 = 31
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2024–
| clubs8 = Universitario de Deportes
| caps8 = 48
| goals8 = 6
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 22:42, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
| medaltemplates =
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Williams Ismael Riveros Ibáñez (born 20 November 1992) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario de Deportes.{{cite news|title=Williams Riveros profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/willian-riveros/139118/|accessdate=15 May 2018|work=Soccerway|date=15 May 2018}}
Career
Riveros' career began in Paraguay with Sportivo Trinidense, who he made two appearances for in the 2010 Paraguayan Primera División season; his debut arriving on 1 August during a 1–5 loss to Cerro Porteño.{{cite news|title=Williams Riveros profile|url=http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-WILLIAMS-RIVEROS-81807.html|accessdate=15 May 2018|work=BDFA|date=15 May 2018}} The club was relegated in 2010, Riveros subsequently remained with them for two seasons in the División Intermedia.{{cite news|title=Triunfo no alcanza|url=http://www.abc.com.py/articulos/triunfo-no-alcanza-312326.html|accessdate=15 May 2018|work=ABC|date=25 September 2011}}
In January 2013, he left to join Primera B Metropolitana's Flandria in Argentina. He made sixteen appearances for Flandria before netting his first goal, versus Tristán Suárez on 18 April 2014. Riveros scored three goals in his first three campaigns, before scoring six times in the following three.{{cite news|title=Por la cabeza de Williams Riveros, Flandria volvió a festejar en casa|url=http://www.elcivismo.com.ar/notas/23291/|accessdate=15 May 2018|work=El Civismo|date=20 February 2016}} On 25 July 2017, Argentine Primera División side Temperley took him on a loan.{{cite news|title=Williams Riveros firmó contrato con Temperley|url=http://www.elcivismo.com.ar/notas/28915/|accessdate=15 May 2018|work=El Civismo|date=25 July 2017}}{{cite news|title=Williams Rivero, nuevo refuerzo del Gasolero|url=https://www.vavel.com/ar/futbol-argentino/2017/07/27/temperley/811327-williams-rivero-nuevo-refuerzo-del-gasolero.html|accessdate=15 May 2018|work=Vavel|date=27 July 2017}} His first match came on 27 August against River Plate. Overall, Riveros featured fifteen times whilst on loan with Temperley and, with him, the club was relegated to the Primera Nacional.{{Cite news |date=14 April 2018 |title=Temperley y Olimpo concretaron su descenso al Nacional B |language=Spanish |trans-title=Temperley and Olimpo completed their relegation to the Nacional B |work=Infobae |url=https://www.infobae.com/deportes-2/2018/04/14/temperley-y-olimpo-concretaron-su-descenso-al-nacional-b/ |access-date=16 November 2023}} He returned to a recently relegated Flandria in July 2018, prior to immediately leaving on loan once again to Ecuadorian club Delfín.{{cite news|title=Williams Rivero, nuevo refuerzo de Delfín para segunda etapa|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/2018/07/11/nota/6854042/williams-rivero-nuevo-refuerzo-delfin-segunda-etapa|accessdate=22 July 2018|work=El Universo|date=11 July 2018}} Riveros netted on his Delfín debut, scoring the opening goal of a 2–0 victory over L.D.U. Quito. He became a key player and contributed to Delfín winning the 2019 Serie A and finishing as the runners-up of the 2019 Copa Ecuador.{{Cite web |date=16 December 2019 |title=Williams Riveros hizo historia con el Delfín SC |trans-title=Williams Riveros made history with Delfín SC |url=https://www.versus.com.py/versus/2019/12/16/williams-riveros-hizo-historia-con-el-delfin-sc/ |access-date=16 November 2023 |website=Versus |language=Spanish}}
In January 2020, Riveros was signed by Barcelona de Guayaquil.{{Cite news |date=3 January 2020 |title=Williams Riveros, nuevo jugador de Barcelona SC por las próximas cuatro temporadas |language=Spanish |trans-title=Williams Riveros, new Barcelona SC player for the next four seasons |work=El Universo |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/2020/01/03/nota/7674222/williams-riveros-nuevo-jugador-barcelona-sc-proximas-cuatro/ |access-date=16 November 2023}} In 2022, he was sent on loan for one season to Cerro Porteño in Paraguay, where he played 14 games and was barely selected in the second half of the season.{{Cite news |last=Sotomayor |first=Diego |date=22 January 2023 |title=¿Quién es Williams Riveros, defensor paraguayo que está cerca de llegar a Universitario? |trans-title=Who is Williams Riveros, Paraguayan defender who is close to arriving at Universitario? |url=https://libero.pe/futbol-peruano/universitario/2023/01/22/quien-es-williams-riveros-defensor-paraguayo-cerca-llegar-universitario-0 |access-date=29 April 2024 |work=Líbero |language=Spanish}}
In 2023, he was again sent on loan for one season to Universitario de Deportes in Peru, where he would play both the Liga 1 and the Copa Sudamericana. Riveros made his debut on matchday 4 of the Apertura phase against Unión Comercio; a game in which he did not have a good performance, being criticized for that. After the arrival of manager Jorge Fossati, he had a marked improvement in his game.{{Cite news |last=Urbina |first=Diego |date=10 April 2023 |title=Williams Riveros: de ser vapuleado en su debut a ser considerado un estandarte en la defensa crema |language=Spanish |trans-title=Williams Riveros: from being lambasted in his debut to being considered a standard bearer in the "crema" defense |work=La República |url=https://larepublica.pe/deportes/universitario/2023/04/10/williams-riveros-de-ser-vapuleado-en-su-debut-a-ser-considerado-un-estandarte-en-la-defensa-crema-universitario-liga-1-futbol-peruano-en-vivo-380700 |access-date=6 December 2023}} On matchday 8 of the Clausura phase, Riveros scored the winning goal in a 1–0 home victory against Deportivo Binacional.{{Cite news |last=Morales |first=Sandra |date=13 August 2023 |title=Universitario es puntero absoluto del Torneo Clausura tras ganar 1-0 a Binacional |language=Spanish |trans-title=Universitario is the sole leader of the Clausura Phase after defeating Binacional 1-0 |work=Líbero |url=https://libero.pe/futbol-peruano/liga-1/2023/08/11/universitario-vs-binacional-en-vivo-liga-1-via-golperu-internet-cuando-juega-horario-alineaciones-en-canal-pasan-partido-hoy-lbev-120640 |access-date=27 December 2023}} As his first season went on, he became an undisputed starter for la U and won his third national title after Universitario defeated Alianza Lima in that year's finals. In December, after running out his contract with Barcelona, Riveros signed for Universitario with a contract for 2 seasons.{{Cite news |last=Esteves |first=Francisco |date=25 April 2024 |title=¿Hasta cuándo tiene contrato Williams Riveros en Universitario de Deportes? |trans-title=Until when does Williams Riveros have a contract in Universitario de Deportes? |url=https://libero.pe/futbol-peruano/universitario/2024/04/25/universitario-cuando-tiene-contrato-williams-riveros-1396100 |access-date=3 May 2024 |work=Líbero |language=Spanish}}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Club statistics | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|CupIncludes the Copa Argentina !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="9"|Flandria
|rowspan="2"|Primera B Metropolitana |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14
|12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2014
|rowspan="1"|Primera C Metropolitana |19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2015
|rowspan="2"|Primera B Metropolitana |40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
| 2016
|19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |||
| 2016–17
|rowspan="2"|Primera B Nacional |42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | |||
| 2017–18
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19
|rowspan="1"|Primera B Metropolitana |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!138 | 9 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 140 | 9 | |||
| rowspan="1"|Temperley (loan)
|rowspan="1"|Argentine Primera División |15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3" |Delfín (loan)
|2018 |rowspan="1"|Ecuadorian Serie A |22 | 4 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | ||||
| 2019
| rowspan="1" |Ecuadorian Serie A |35 |3 |8 |0 | colspan="2" |— |4 |0 |0 |0 |47 |3 | ||||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!57 !7 !8 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !4 !0 !0 !0 !69 !7 | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="3" |Barcelona SC
|2020 | rowspan="1" |Ecuadorian Serie A |29 |2 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |11 |0 |0 |0 |40 |2 | ||||||||||||
| 2021
| rowspan="1" |Ecuadorian Serie A |25 |2 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |12 |0 |0 |0 |37 |2 | ||||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!54 !4 !0 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !23 !0 !0 !0 !77 !4 | ||||||||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!266 | 20 | 10 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 27
!0 | 0 | 0 | 303 | 20 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|willian-riveros/139118}}
{{Club Universitario de Deportes squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Riveros, Williams}}
Category:Footballers from Asunción
Category:Paraguayan men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador
Category:Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Category:Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
Category:Paraguayan Primera División players
Category:Paraguayan División Intermedia players
Category:Primera B Metropolitana players
Category:Primera C Metropolitana players
Category:Primera Nacional players
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:Ecuadorian Serie A players
Category:Sportivo Trinidense footballers
Category:CSD Flandria footballers
Category:Club Atlético Temperley footballers