José Arturo Rivas Mortera (born 18 October 1984) is a Mexican former professional

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who played as a

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. Rivas has spent the most of his career in Tigres, winning three Liga MX, one Copa MX and one Campeón de Campeones championships.

Tigres UANL

Jose Arturo Rivas played most of his career with Tigres playing since 2004 to 2018 ending his career at Veracruz in 2018. In the 105th minute of the game, Jose Arturo Rivas received a red card because of violent conduct and being part of a massive brawl in the Apertura 2016 Liga MX Final vs

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but his team still ended up winning the final on penalties with Nahuel Guzman stopping every penalty shot. Rivas was born on October 18, 1984 in

Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz Coatzacoalcos () is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, mostly on the western side of the Coatzacoalcos River estuary, on the Bay of Campeche, on the southern Gulf of Mexico coast. The city serves as the municip ...

and at the age of 18 he enrolled with Tigres and from that day on he has never left the institution. La Palma Rivas received the opportunity to be registered in the UANL Tigres first team for the 2004 Apertura. Little by little, he has been gaining the trust of the various coaches who have directed him. n the 2006 Clausura tournament, he suffered an injury that took him away from the courts for approximately a year and a half. In the 2011 Apertura he won the first championship of his career in the Mexican First Division with the UANL Tigres. Three years later, together with the cats, he won his second title in his career now in the 2014 Copa MX Clausura. So many moments with the felines, fights for relegation, classics of all kinds, historical triumphs, painful defeats, glorious goals and of course the best of all the championships won in 2011 - 2015 make La Palma dream, think and want to finish its career wearing the Tigres shirt. In 2015 it was undoubtedly the best year for Rivas. He won the starting role in the Clausura 2015 filling the vacancy left by the injured Juninho. since he took the place his absence was not noticed and he even managed to do better. From there he gained the trust of Ricardo Ferretti. In that same year José Rivas decided to study the career of Technical Trainer with the aim of being linked to football for a long time. The Veracruz native knows that at 31 years of age, his retirement as a player is approaching, however, he wants to remain in one way or another on the field of play.

Honours

Tigres UANL *

Liga MX The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...

: Apertura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016 *

Copa MX The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...

: Clausura 2014 *

Campeón de Campeones ''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Feme ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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