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{{Short description|Salvadoran footballer (born 1969)}}
{{For|the Chilean tennis player|Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Guillermo Rivera
| fullname = José Guillermo Rivera Escobar
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|11|25}}
| birth_place = [[San Rafael Cedros]], [[El Salvador]]
| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1986–1987
| youthclubs1 = [[C.D. FAS|CD FAS]]
| years1 = 1986–1998 
| years2 = 1999–2001 
| years3 = 2001–2005 
| years4 = 2004–2005
| clubs1 = [[C.D. FAS|CD FAS]]
| clubs2 = [[Universidad SC|USAC]]
| clubs3 = [[A.D. Isidro Metapán|AD Isidro Metapán]]
| clubs4 = [[Once Lobos]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 =
| manageryears1 = 2008 
| manageryears2 = 2009 
| manageryears3 = 2010–2011
| manageryears4 = 2011–2012 
| manageryears5 = 2013
| manageryears6 = 2013–2014
| manageryears7 = 2015
| manageryears8 = 2015–2018
| manageryears9 = 2019
| manageryears10 = 2019
| manageryears11 = 2019–2020
| manageryears12 = 2020-2022
| manageryears13 = 2023-2025
| manageryears14 = 2025
| managerclubs1 = [[C.D. Marte Soyapango|CD Marte Soyapango]]
| managerclubs2 = [[El Salvador national under-17 football team|El Salvador U-17]]
| managerclubs3 = [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]] (assistant)
| managerclubs4 = [[C.D. Marte Soyapango|CD Marte Soyapango]]
| managerclubs5 = [[Santa Tecla F.C.|Santa Tecla FC]] (interim / assistant coach)
| managerclubs6 = [[Atlético Marte|CD Atlético Marte]]
| managerclubs7 = [[C.D. Dragón|CD Dragón]]
| managerclubs8 = [[Municipal Ilopaneco]]
| managerclubs9 = [[Jocoro F.C.|Jocoro FC]]
| managerclubs10 = [[El Salvador national under-23 football team|El Salvador U-23]]
| managerclubs11 = [[C.D. FAS|CD FAS]]
| managerclubs12 = [[C.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca|Platense]]
| managerclubs13 = [[C.D. Luis Angel Firpo|LA Firpo]]
| managerclubs14 = [[Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan|Once Deportivo]]
| nationalyears1 = 1988–2000
| nationalteam1 = [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/elsal-recintlp.html | title=El Salvador - Record International Players }}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 76  
| nationalgoals1 = 15
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate =
}}

{{family name hatnote|Rivera|Escobar|lang=Spanish}} 
''' José Guillermo Rivera Escobar''' (born November 25, 1969) is a retired Salvadoran professional [[football (soccer)|football]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Guillermo-Rivera-nuevo-tecnico-de-la-sub-23-20190531-0004.html|title=Guillermo Rivera, nuevo técnico de la sub-23|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>

==Club career==
Nicknamed ''Memo'', Rivera came through the youth ranks at [[C.D. FAS|FAS]], where he would stay for over a decade and win two league titles. In 1999, he moved abroad for a stint at Guatemalan side [[Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala|USAC]]. He returned to El Salvador to play for [[Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño|Salvadoran second division]] side  [[A.D. Isidro Metapán|Isidro Metapán]]<ref>[http://archive.laprensa.com.sv/20010429/deportes/dep2.asp Isidro-Metapán y Jocoro inician batalla] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024002429/http://archive.laprensa.com.sv/20010429/deportes/dep2.asp |date=2007-10-24 }} - La Prensa Grafica {{in lang|es}}</ref> alongside fellow international [[William Renderos Iraheta]] and finished his career at [[Once Lobos]].

==International career==
Rivera made his debut for [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]] in 1988 and has earned a total of 74 caps, scoring 15 goals. He has represented his country in 22 [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] matches<ref>{{FIFA player|165399}}</ref> and played at the [[1991 UNCAF Nations Cup|1991]], [[1993 UNCAF Nations Cup|1993]], [[1995 UNCAF Nations Cup|1995]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam95.html UNCAF Tournament 1995] - RSSSF</ref> and [[1999 UNCAF Nations Cup]]s<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam99.html UNCAF Tournament 1999] - RSSSF</ref> and was a non-playing squad member at the [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details] - RSSSF</ref> but did play at the [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details] - RSSSF</ref>

His final international game was an August 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]].

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 18 April 1991 || [[Dennis Martínez National Stadium|Estadio Rigoberto López]], [[Managua]], [[Nicaragua]] || {{fb|NCA}} || - || 3-2 || [[1991 UNCAF Nations Cup]] qualification
|-
| 2 || 2 June 1991 || [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], [[Costa Rica]] || {{fb|HON|1949}} || 1-2 || 1-2 || [[1991 UNCAF Nations Cup]]
|-
| 3 || 13 September 1992 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|HON|1949}} || 2-1 || 3-1 || [[Friendly match]]
|-
| 4 || 17 September 1992 || [[Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano]], [[San Pedro Sula]], [[Honduras]] || {{fb|HON|1949}} || 1-0 || 1-1 || [[Friendly match]]
|-
| 5 || 1 November 1992 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|BER}} || 4-0 || 4-1 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 6 || 8 November 1992 || [[Swangard Stadium]], [[Burnaby]], [[Canada]] || {{fb|CAN}} || 1-1 || 3-2 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 7 || 29 November 1995|| [[Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González|Estadio Flor Blanca]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|BLZ|1981}} || 2-0 || 3-0 || [[1995 UNCAF Nations Cup]]
|-
| 8 || 3 December 1995 || [[Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González|Estadio Flor Blanca]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|CRC}} || 1-1 || 2-1 || [[1995 UNCAF Nations Cup]]
|-
| 9 || 5 May 1996 || [[Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium|RFK Memorial Stadium]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], [[United States]] || {{fb|BOL}} || 1-1 || 1-1 || [[Friendly match]]
|-
| 10 || 8 September 1996 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|CUB}} || 1-0 || 5-0 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 11 || 8 September 1996 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|CUB}} || 4-0 || 5-0 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 12 || 21 January 1998 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|TRI}} || 1-0 || 2-0 || [[Friendly match]]
|-
| 13 || 29 February 2000 || [[Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González|Estadio Flor Blanca]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|PAN}} || 1-0 || 3-1 || [[Friendly match]]
|-
| 14 || 23 July 2000 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|VCT}} || 3-1 || 7-1 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 15 || 23 July 2000 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|VCT}} || 4-1 || 7-1 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

==Personal life==
Rivera is married and has two children.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|pid=2108}}

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{{El Salvador Squad 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{El Salvador Squad 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Cuscatlán Department]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Salvadoran men's footballers]]
[[Category:El Salvador men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players]]
[[Category:1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players]]
[[Category:C.D. FAS footballers]]
[[Category:Universidad SC players]]
[[Category:A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers]]
[[Category:Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala]]
[[Category:Salvadoran football managers]]