René Luís Vilela Squella Rivas, or Rene Playboy is a retired Brazilian

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player who spent his career in the United States and Portuguese lower divisions. In 1993, Rivas joined

S.C. Campomaiorense Sporting Clube Campomaiorense, more commonly known as Campomaiorense, is a Portuguese football club from Campo Maior, Portalegre District. The club was founded on the 1 July 1926. The club currently plays at the Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia whi ...

in Portugal. After two seasons, he moved to the United States and signed with the Rochester Raging Rhinos of the

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. He was 1996 First Team All A-League. During the 1997 season, he left the Rhinos and signed with S.C. Campomaiorense. He began the 1999-2000 season with Compaomaiorense, but moved to

C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

during the winter transfer window. He then moved to

Leça F.C. Leça Futebol Clube, better known as Leça FC or simply Leça, is a Portuguese football club located in the town of Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos. Founded in 1912, it had a spell in the top-flight Primeira Liga between 1995 and 1998, when it w ...

for the 2000-2001 season, S.C. Vila Real for the 2001-2002 season and Imortal Desportivo Clube for the 2002-2003 season. In July 2003, Rivas went on loan to the

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of the A-League. Imortal then sold his contract to Syracuse and Rivas remained with the Salty Dogs through the 2004 season. In 2005, Rivas returned to the Rhinos.2005 Rochester Rhinos
He retired at the end of the season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rivas, Rene Living people 1968 births American Professional Soccer League players Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Leça F.C. players S.C. Campomaiorense players Rochester New York FC players C.D. Santa Clara players Syracuse Salty Dogs players Imortal D.C. players Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)