Carlos Rubén Rivera Moulton (born 30 May 1979) is a retired Panamanian

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defender.

Club career

Rivera played for several Panamanian clubs but also had spells abroad with Colombian club

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and Iranian side Persepolis, whom he joined in 2005 alongside compatriot

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. In January 2011 Rivera moved to Sporting San Miguelito. In December 2012, he won the 2012 Apertura championship of the Panamanian second division with

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but he missed out on promotion after losing the Super Final to 2013 Clausura winners Independiente.

International career

Rivera made his debut for Panama in a March 2004 friendly match against Cuba and has earned a total of 63 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 15

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matches and was a member of the

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team, who finished second in the tournament and he also played at the

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and

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s. During the

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Group C opener against

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, Rivera scored his first ever international goal for Panama. His final international was a November 2010 friendly match against

International goals

:''Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.''

Managerial career

After retiring, he became assistant coach at Millenium UP in September 2014.La nueva faceta de Carlos Rivera en el Millennium UP
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* 1979 births Living people Footballers from Panama City Men's association football defenders Panamanian men's footballers Panama men's international footballers 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Categoría Primera A players C.D. Árabe Unido players San Francisco F.C. players Independiente Medellín footballers Persepolis F.C. players Tauro F.C. players Sporting San Miguelito players Panamanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia {{Panama-footy-bio-stub