Belarmino Rivera Jimminson (born 1956) is a retired Honduran

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player.

Club career

''Nino'' Rivera played for Olimpia, Sula, Platense, Victoria and Real Maya in the Honduran national league. He made his debut with Olimpia in 1975 and finished his career with Real Maya in 1997, aged 42. His final league game was on 30 August 1997 against Marathón. He won 4 goalkeeper of the year awards, 3 with Olimpia and 1 with Sula. He was also a goalscorer when between the posts for Olimpa and Sula. He won the

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with Olimpia when he played beside Alex Pineda Chacón,

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, Juan Carlos Espinoza,

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and

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International career

Rivera made his debut for

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in the late 1980s and played in and has earned a total of 46 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 12

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matches and played at the

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and

1993 UNCAF Nations Cup The 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup was the second edition of the UNCAF Nations Cup, the football championship of Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF). Preliminary round Squads :For a complete list of all participating squads see '' 1993 UNCAF N ...

s, as well as at the

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. He was a non-playing squad member at the

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.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details
- RSSSF His final international was an 18 April 1993

match against

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in which he came on as a substitute when Angelo Bautista was sent off. His first task was to face a penalty by John Catliff, which was successful and gave Canada their final goal in a 3–1 Canadian win.

Personal life

His son José Belarmino Rivera Rosales also played for Olimpia.

Honours and awards

Club

;C.D. Olimpia *

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(3): 1984–85, 1989–90, 1992–93 *

(1):

Country

;Honduras * Copa Centroamericana (1):

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivera, Belarmino 1956 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Honduran men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. Olimpia players Platense F.C. players C.D. Victoria players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Place of birth missing (living people)