Martí Riverola Bataller (born 26 January 1991) is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for Andorran club
Inter d'Escaldes.
Club career
Barcelona
Born in
Barcelona
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,
Catalonia
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, Riverola joined
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
's youth academy in 1999 at the age of 8, and started his career as a
forward
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, being reconverted into a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for the 2004–05 season. In spite of this change he retained his goalscoring touch, being the under-19's second-top scorer in 2010 with 13 goals.
In late 2009, still registered with the juniors, Riverola made his debut for Barcelona's
B team
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, in a 2–0 away win against neighbours
RCD Espanyol B. They eventually
returned to
Segunda División
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after 11 years, but the player only appeared once more in the league.
Riverola joined
Eredivisie
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club
Vitesse Arnhem
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in January 2011 on a six-month-long loan, as the Dutch were managed by countryman
Albert Ferrer
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Having represented local team Barcelona for almost a decade, he went on to appear for England's Chelsea until his retir ...
, himself a former Barcelona player. In July he returned to Barcelona and its reserves, alongside
Isaac Cuenca
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Formed at Barcelona, where he made 30 total appearances, he also represented Deportivo and Granada in La Liga, additionally playing top- ...
, and scored five goals in 32 games throughout
the campaign to help the B's finish eighth.
On 6 December 2011, Riverola made his first and only official appearance for the main squad, coming on as a
substitute for
Sergi Roberto in the dying minutes of a
4–0 home victory over
FC BATE Borisov in the
UEFA Champions League
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.
Bologna
On 7 June 2012, Riverola was presented as a player of
Bologna F.C. 1909
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, having already agreed to a four-year contract in late January; FIFA later ordered the Italian side to pay Barcelona €535,000 as
training compensation
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, although he was a free agent. During his spell at the
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
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he only appeared in three competitive games, his
Serie A
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input consisting of 50 minutes in a 2–1 loss at
A.C. Milan on 20 January 2013.
In August 2013, Riverola was loaned to
RCD Mallorca
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of the Spanish second tier, and he spent the second half of the 2014–15 season with
SC Rheindorf Altach
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of the
Austrian Bundesliga
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, on loan with an option make the move permanent.
Foggia and Reggiana
On 17 July 2015, Riverola was signed by
Foggia Calcio
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The team gained nationwide popularity ...
on a two-year contract. In January 2017, he joined
A.C. Reggiana 1919
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also in the
Serie C
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.
Ibiza and Andorra
Riverola returned to his country in August 2018, with third-division
UD Ibiza. He joined
FC Andorra
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in the following
transfer window
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, going on to be part of the squad that promoted from
the regional leagues to the professional ones in just
three years
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.
On 1 September 2022, Riverola terminated his contract. He remained in the principality nonetheless, signing with
Primera Divisió side
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes, also commonly known as Atlètic d'Escaldes, is an Andorran football club based in Escaldes-Engordany, currently playing in Primera Divisió.
History
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes was founded on 20 May 2002 in Escaldes-Engord ...
.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Riverola, Marti
1991 births
Living people
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Barcelona
Men's association football midfielders
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Primera Federación players
Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
FC Barcelona players
RCD Mallorca players
UD Ibiza players
FC Andorra players
Eredivisie players
SBV Vitesse players
Serie A players
Serie C players
Bologna FC 1909 players
Calcio Foggia 1920 players
AC Reggiana 1919 players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
SC Rheindorf Altach players
Primera Divisió players
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes players
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Andorra