Blas Miguel Riveros Galeano (born 3 February 1998) is a Paraguayan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Talleres and the Paraguay national team.

Club career

Olimpia Asunción

Riveros started his professional career with

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in the

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after coming through their youth system. He lifted the

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title with the club in 2015.

Basel

On 4 May 2016,

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announced that they had signed Riveros on a five-year deal. Due to Riveros' commitments with the

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in the

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, he was not expected to enter into first team training until the beginning of July. He joined Basel's first team for their 2016–17 season under head coach

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. After playing in five test games Riveros played his debut for the club in the

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away game in the

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on 18 September 2016 as Basel won 1–0 against

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. Riveros made his domestic league debut for his new team on 15 October 2016 in the home game against

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. The game ended with a 3–0 victory and Riveros played the full game. During his first season Riveros had eight appearances in the domestic league, but also played in their U-21 team. In the

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Riveros played in each of the six matches as the Basel U-19 team qualified for the knock-out round. Under trainer

Riveros won the

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championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the

for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history. Riveros scored his first goal for his club in the home game during the

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on 27 September 2017 in the

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. It was the last goal of the game as Basel won 5–0 against Benfica. He scored his first domestic league goal for his team on 11 April 2018 in the home game as Basel won 3–0 against

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. Under trainer

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Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16

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1–0. In the quarter-finals

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were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi-finals

were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against

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. Striker

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scored the first goal,

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the second for Basel, then

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netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. Riveros played in three of the cup games. Riveros appeared regularly in the Basel team in his first four seasons. Nevertheless to begin of his fifth he decided to leave the club and transferred to

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. During his time with the club he played a total of 127 games for Basel scoring a total of six goals. 71 of these games were in the

, 11 in the

, 13 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 32 were friendly games. He scored three goals in the domestic league, one in the above mentioned Champions League game and the other two were scored during the test games.

Brøndby

On 5 October 2020,

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club

announced the signing of Riveros on a four-year contract. He made his debut for the club on 5 November in a

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match against Ledøje-Smørum Fodbold, immediately contributing with an assist to the decisive goal by Simon Hedlund in a 1–0 win. In his

debut on 8 November, he scored the opening goal in a 3–1 home win over OB, but suffered a knee injury in the second-half after a collision with

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. Tests later confirmed that he had torn his

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and

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, keeping him sidelined for around 12 months. Riveros made his return to the Brøndby side on 17 October 2021, coming on as a substitute 12 minutes before the end of the match in Brøndby's 3–2 win against

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. He made an immediate impact, making an assist for the 2–2 goal by

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Talleres

On 1 September 2023, it was announced that Riveros had joined

club Talleres.

International career

On 28 May 2016, Riveros made his debut for the Paraguay national team against

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and he played the full game. He was named in Paraguay's squad for the

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. He failed to make an appearance, however, as Paraguay were eliminated at the group stages without having recorded a win.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Olimpia *

: 2015 Clausura Basel *

: 2016–17 *

: 2016–17, 2018–19 Brøndby *

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Individual * Superliga Team of the Month: July 2023

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riveros, Blas 1998 births Living people People from Itauguá Sportspeople from Central Department Men's association football defenders Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguay men's under-20 international footballers Paraguay men's international footballers Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Paraguayan Primera División players Swiss Super League players Danish Superliga players Club Olimpia footballers FC Basel players Brøndby IF players Talleres de Córdoba footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Copa América Centenario players