Edson Ulises Rivera Vargas (born 4 November 1991) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Early life

Edson began playing football at age 6. He has been playing for the youth systems of Club Atlas for seven years.

Club career

Atlas

Rivera began playing with

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' lower division team in Tepic, Nayarit in the 2004–05 season. He has played for their youth system for about 7 seasons and has yet to debut with their First Division. He had a stint with Atlas' other team Académicos de Guadalajara in the 2008–09 season.

Braga

After his participation in Mexico's U20 World Cup campaign where they would finish third place, and where he finished as their top scorer with three goals, Rivera signed a five-year contract with

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of the

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for an undisclosed fee. Rivera was handed a start by Braga boss

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in a 2–1 win at

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in a league match.

Return to Atlas

On November 16, 2012, Rivera was presented as the first signing of Atlas for the Clausura 2013 tournament.http://www.informador.com.mx/deportes/2012/418078/6/edson-rivera-promete-darle-alegrias-a-la-fiel.htm (in Spanish) He scored his first goal of the season on February 9, 2013, against

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, in which he dedicated it to his mother, who died that same week.

International career

Rivera has been involved with the Mexico under-20 national team. He competed in tournaments such as the

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. He was also Mexico's top scorer in the

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Honours

Santos Laguna *

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: Clausura 2015 *

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Tepatitlán *

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: Guardianes 2021 *

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Mexico U20 *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivera, Edson 1991 births Living people Footballers from Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico men's under-20 international footballers Mexican expatriate men's footballers Mexican men's footballers Primeira Liga players Liga MX players Atlas F.C. footballers S.C. Braga players S.C. Braga B players Santos Laguna footballers Dorados de Sinaloa footballers Leones Negros UdeG footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Men's association football forwards