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{{short description|Bolivian footballer (born 1967)}}
{{family name hatnote|Rimba|Alvis|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Miguel Rimba
| image = 
| fullname = Miguel Ángel Rimba Alvis
| height = 1.78 m

 | birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1967|11|1}}
| birth_place = [[Riberalta]], [[Bolivia]]
 | currentclub  = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Defender (football)|Right Defender]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1988–1998
| years2 = 1998–1999
| years3 = 1999–2000
| years4 = 2001–2002
| years5 = 2003
| clubs1 = [[Club Bolívar|Bolívar]]
| clubs2 = [[Atlético Tucumán]]
| clubs3 = [[Oriente Petrolero]]
| clubs4 = [[Real Santa Cruz]]
| clubs5 = [[Club Aurora|Aurora]]
| caps1 = 302
| caps2 = 13
| caps3 = 57
| caps4 = 17
| caps5 = 6
| goals1 = 4
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 395 
| totalgoals = 5
| nationalyears1 = 1989–2000
| nationalteam1 = [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]]
| nationalcaps1 = 80
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = April 2008
}}

'''Miguel Ángel Rimba Alvis''' (born November 1, 1967, in [[Riberalta]]) is a former [[Bolivia]]n [[soccer|football]] defender. He played 80 international matches for the [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia national team]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bol-recintlp.html rsssf: Bolivia record international footballers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609165828/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/bol-recintlp.html |date=2009-06-09 }}</ref>

==Career==
Rimba made three appearances in the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] and was part of the squad that reached the final of the [[Copa América]] in [[Copa América 1997|1997]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/97safull.html rsssf: Copa América 1997]</ref> He made his debut on May 25, 89 in a [[friendly match]] against [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] in [[Cochabamba]].

He played the majority of his club career for [[Club Bolívar|Bolívar]] where he won six [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano|Bolivian league]] titles (1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997).

Towards the end of his career he played in [[Argentina]] with [[Atlético Tucumán]], he then had short spells with [[Oriente Petrolero]], [[Real Santa Cruz]] and [[Club Aurora|Aurora]] before his retirement in 2003.

Over the course of his career he had 63 [[Copa Libertadores]] appearances and scored a goal.

==Honours==
===Club===
* '''[[Club Bolívar|Bolívar]] (6)'''
** [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano]]: 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/rimba-intl.html International statistics] at [[rsssf]]
*{{BDFA|<!-- MIGUEL-ANGEL-RIMBA- -->25434|Miguel Angel Rimba}}
*{{NFT player|13623}}
*[https://www.rsssf.org/players/players-in-copalib.html rsssf.com]
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{{Bolivia Squad 1997 Copa América}}
{{Bolivia Squad 1999 Copa América}}
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[[Category:1967 births]]
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[[Category:People from Vaca Díez Province]]
[[Category:Bolivian men's footballers]]
[[Category:20th-century Bolivian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Bolivia men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Bolivian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:1994 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1989 Copa América players]]
[[Category:1991 Copa América players]]
[[Category:1993 Copa América players]]
[[Category:1995 Copa América players]]
[[Category:1997 Copa América players]]
[[Category:1999 Copa América players]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Club Bolívar players]]
[[Category:Oriente Petrolero players]]
[[Category:Club Aurora players]]
[[Category:Atlético Tucumán footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina]]
[[Category:Doping cases in association football]]

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