Jonathan Angelito Salah Rivas-Marouani (born 25 January 1992) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse (; frp, Bôrg) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Ain Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ...

Club career

Born in

La Seyne-sur-Mer La Seyne-sur-Mer (; "La Seyne on Sea"; oc, La Sanha), or simply La Seyne, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 62,888. La Seyne-sur-Mer, which is pa ...

, Rivas trained with ''Club de Bourges'', winning the national U14 championship with the club. He spent two years at the training centre of

Chamois Niortais Chamois Niortais Football Club (often referred to as ''Les Chamois'', Chamois Niortais, or simply Niort) is a French association football club based in the commune of Niort, in the Deux-Sèvres department of western France. It was founded in 1 ...

before joining the

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, where he spent five years. He made his debut for the senior team on 26 April 2013, in a 0–0

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game against

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. He signed his first professional contract with the club in the summer of 2013. In January 2014, he joined

CA Bastia Cercle Athlétique Bastiais or CA Bastia was a French football club from Bastia, Corsica. The team's highest point was playing in Ligue 2, the second tier of the French football league system, in 2013–14. Their historic home stadium was the ...

until the end of the 2013–14 season, in order to secure more game time. He scored his first senior goal whilst on loan at CA Bastia, the only goal in a 1–0 Ligue 2 win against Nancy on 17 January 2014. In January 2015, Rivas left Châteauroux, signing an eighteen-month contract with Clermont. After having only made four league appearances in the first half of the 2015–16 season, he agreed to leave Clermont on a loan deal with

Les Herbiers Les Herbiers () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. Population Sport Les Herbiers is host to the Chrono des Nations, an annual one-day individual time trial bicycle race, held in October. Les H ...

until the end of the season. Rivas left Clermont at the end of his contract, and after a trial joined Pau in September 2016. After two seasons during which he played the majority of

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games, in June 2018 he joined Lyon-Duchère (which rebranded to SC Lyon in June 2020). On 22 November 2021, Rivas moved to

Personal life

Rivas was born in France to a Spanish father and a Tunisian mother.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivas, Jonathan 1992 births Living people People from La Seyne-sur-Mer Footballers from Var (department) Men's association football forwards French men's footballers French sportspeople of Tunisian descent French people of Spanish descent Ligue 2 players Championnat National players CA Bastia players LB Châteauroux players Clermont Foot players Les Herbiers VF players Pau FC players Lyon La Duchère players Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 players