Mario Rivera Campesino (born 12 August 1977) is a Spanish professional
football manager who is currently the head coach of the
Brunei national football team.
Career
Rivera started his managerial career with
Leganés youth team in 2007. He then proceeded manage different local clubs, worked as a
scout
Scout may refer to:
Youth movement
*Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement
**Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom
**Scouts BSA, sectio ...
and
analyst for
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
and
Atlético Madrid C
Atlético Madrid C was a Spanish football club that played in the Tercera División and played their home games at the ''Nuevo Cerro del Espino''. They were the second reserve team of Atlético Madrid.
History
Club Names
Season to season
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. In 2018, he was appointed as the head coach of
Brunei U21 team. In 2018 he joined
East Bengal as an assistant coach and video analyst, along with head coach
Alejandro Menéndez. He left after the end of the season and was replaced by
Josep Ferré
Josep María Ferré Ybarz (born 26 November 1983), commonly known as Coco, is a Spanish football manager. He is the current head coach of Philippines national team.
Coaching career
Ferré began his coaching career in the academy of CE Europa. ...
. On 23 January 2020, Rivera rejoined East Bengal as the head coach after Alejandro Menéndez stepped down.
On 1 January 2022, Rivera was again appointed as the head coach of
East Bengal in
Indian Super League, succeeding
Manolo Díaz following the latter's midway resign during the tournament.
On 20 September the same year, he was unveiled as the head coach of the
Brunei national football team, returning to the Abode of Peace four years after coaching the Under-21s for the
2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
The 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy is the sixth edition of the invitational tournament hosted by Brunei, taking place from 23 April to 5 May. A total of 7 teams of the under-22 age group from the Southeast Asian region will be competing for the tr ...
. He successfully coached the Wasps to
qualification for the
2022 AFF Championship
The 2022 AFF Championship (officially AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 due to sponsorship reasons) was the 14th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and was the 1 ...
in November.
Managerial statistics
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rivera, Mario
1977 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Madrid
Spanish football managers
I-League managers
East Bengal Club managers
Spanish expatriate football managers
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India
Expatriate football managers in India
Expatriate football managers in Brunei
Brunei national football team managers