José Antonio Canales Rivera (born 28 March 1974 in

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) is a well-known Spanish

bullfighter A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit ...

. He belongs to an important family of bullfighters. His mother, Teresa Rivera Pérez, was the sister of Francisco Rivera Pérez “

Paquirri Francisco Rivera Pérez, known as Paquirri (March 5, 1948 – September 26, 1984), was a Spanish bullfighter. Death Paquirri was gored by a bull named "Avispado" (Spanish for street-smart, or wasp-like) during a bullfight in Pozoblanco ( Cór ...

” and José Rivera Pérez, “Riverita”. His cousins are also well-known bullfighters,

Francisco Rivera Ordóñez Francisco de Asís Rivera Ordóñez (prev. The Duke of Montoro; born 3 January 1974 in Madrid) is a Spanish ''torero'' or 'bullfighter'. Family lineage Rivera comes from a long line of famous bullfighters: his great-grandfather was Cayetano Or ...

and

Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez Antonio Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez (born January 13, 1977 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish ''torero'' or 'bullfighter'. Family ties Rivera is the son of Francisco Rivera 'Paquirri' and Carmen Ordóñez. He belongs to a long line of famous bullfigh ...

. On 29 October 2004, he married María del Carmen Fernández Deudero in Cádiz and they have two children, José Antonio "Pancho" (30 May 2005-) and Carmela Guadalupe (1 May 2007-).Sevilla Press
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