Blas Miguel Riveros Galeano (born 3 February 1998) is a Paraguayan professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

for

Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; ), known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Betano for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Argentina and the highest level of the Argentine football league system. Organ ...

club Talleres and the Paraguay national team.

Club career

Olimpia Asunción

Riveros started his professional career with

Olimpia Asunción Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. It promotes the practice of various sports, with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, football being the most successful. Fou ...

in the

Primera División Paraguaya Primera may refer to * Nissan Primera, a car * Primera Air, a former airline * Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues * Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas * Alí Primera Ely Rafael Primera Ros ...

after coming through their youth system. He lifted the Primera División title with the club in 2015.

Basel

On 4 May 2016,

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...

announced that they had signed Riveros on a five-year deal. Due to Riveros' commitments with the

Paraguay national football team The Paraguay national football team (), nicknamed ''La Albirroja,'' represents Paraguay in men's international Association football, football competitions, and are controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association, Asociación Paraguaya de Fút ...

in the

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

, he was not expected to enter into first team training until the beginning of July. He joined Basel's first team for their 2016–17 season under head coach Urs Fischer. After playing in five test games Riveros played his debut for the club in the

Swiss Cup The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup competition that has been organised annually since 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association. The Swiss Cup final is usually the most important game of the year with a high attendance. The co ...

away game in the Herti Allmend Stadion on 18 September 2016 as Basel won 1–0 against Zug 94. Riveros made his domestic league debut for his new team on 15 October 2016 in the home game against

Luzern Lucerne ( ) or Luzern ()Other languages: ; ; ; . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the Lucerne (district), di ...

. The game ended with a 3–0 victory and Riveros played the full game. During his first season Riveros had eight appearances in the domestic league, but also played in their U-21 team. In the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage Riveros played in each of the six matches as the Basel U-19 team qualified for the knock-out round. Under trainer Urs Fischer Riveros won the

Swiss Super League The Super League (also known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss football league system. It has been played in its current fo ...

championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the

for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history. Riveros scored his first goal for his club in the home game during the

2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 12 September and ended on 6 December 2017. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League. Draw The draw ...

on 27 September 2017 in the

St. Jakob-Park St. Jakob-Park () is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The capacity w ...

. It was the last goal of the game as Basel won 5–0 against Benfica. He scored his first domestic league goal for his team on 11 April 2018 in the home game as Basel won 3–0 against

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

. Under trainer

Marcel Koller Marcel Martin Koller (born 11 November 1960) is a Swiss professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Al Ahly in the Egyptian Premier League. Playing career Born in Zürich, Koller played his entire car ...

Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16

Winterthur Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...

1–0. In the quarter-finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi-finals

were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against

Thun Thun () is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Bern, Bern in Switzerland. ...

. Striker

Albian Ajeti Albian Afrim Ajeti (born 26 February 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club Basel. He has previously played for FC Basel (two spells), FC Augsburg, St. Gallen, West Ham United, Celtic, Stur ...

scored the first goal,

Fabian Frei Fabian Frei (born 8 January 1989) is a former Swiss professional footballer who primarily played as a defensive midfielder and a centre-back. He is best known for holding the records for most appearances in competitive games for giants FC Basel ...

the second for Basel, then

Dejan Sorgić Dejan Sorgić ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Соргић; born 15 September 1989) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sion. Career On 20 July 2016, he joined Thun on a two-year contract. In October 2021, Sorgić returned t ...

netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. Riveros played in three of the cup games. Riveros appeared regularly in the Basel team in his first four seasons. Nevertheless to begin of his fifth he decided to leave the club and transferred to

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a Danish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes ...

. During his time with the club he played a total of 127 games for Basel scoring a total of six goals. 71 of these games were in the

, 11 in the

, 13 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 32 were friendly games. He scored three goals in the domestic league, one in the above mentioned Champions League game and the other two were scored during the test games.

Brøndby

On 5 October 2020,

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...

club

announced the signing of Riveros on a four-year contract. He made his debut for the club on 5 November in a

Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

match against

Ledøje-Smørum Fodbold Ledøje-Smørum Fodbold (LSF, ) is an association football club based in the town of Smørumnedre, Denmark. Founded in 1911, the club play at their home ground Smørum Park. Their colours are white and black. Ledøje-Smørum is affiliated to the ...

, immediately contributing with an assist to the decisive goal by

Simon Hedlund Simon Fredrik Hedlund (; born 11 March 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Allsvenskan club Elfsborg. Hedlund joined IF Elfsborg at the age of 16 and debuted in the Allsvenskan in 2012. In 2016, he moved to U ...

in a 1–0 win. In his

debut on 8 November, he scored the opening goal in a 3–1 home win over OB, but suffered a knee injury in the second-half after a collision with Ryan Laursen. Tests later confirmed that he had torn his

posterior cruciate ligament The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is a ligament in each knee of humans and various other animals. It works as a counterpart to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). It connects the posterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the Medial condyl ...

and

medial collateral ligament The medial collateral ligament (MCL), also called the superficial medial collateral ligament (sMCL) or tibial collateral ligament (TCL), is one of the major ligaments of the knee. It is on the medial (inner) side of the knee joint and occurs in ...

, keeping him sidelined for around 12 months. Riveros made his return to the Brøndby side on 17 October 2021, coming on as a substitute 12 minutes before the end of the match in Brøndby's 3–2 win against

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six ...

. He made an immediate impact, making an assist for the 2–2 goal by

Mikael Uhre Mikael Brandhof Uhre (; born 30 September 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer. A youth product of SønderjyskE, Uhre enjoyed his breakthrough in the second tier for ...

Talleres

On 1 September 2023, it was announced that Riveros had joined

club Talleres.

International career

On 28 May 2016, Riveros made his debut for the Paraguay national team against

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

and he played the full game. He was named in Paraguay's squad for the

Copa América Centenario The Copa América Centenario (, , ; literally ''Centennial America Cup'') was an international men's soccer tournament that was hosted by the United States in 2016. The competition was a celebration of the centennial of CONMEBOL and the Copa Am� ...

. He failed to make an appearance, however, as Paraguay were eliminated at the group stages without having recorded a win.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Olimpia * Primera División: 2015 Clausura Basel *

: 2016–17 *

: 2016–17, 2018–19 Brøndby *

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

Individual *

Superliga Superliga (''super league'') may refer to: Sports Superliga can refer to different sports leagues: Association football *Albanian Superliga, the Albanian top-flight men's division * Argentine Superliga, the Argentine top-flight men's division *D ...

Team of the Month: July 2023

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riveros, Blas 1998 births Living people People from Itauguá Footballers from Central Department Men's association football defenders Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguay men's under-20 international footballers Paraguay men's international footballers Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Paraguayan Primera División players Swiss Super League players Danish Superliga players Club Olimpia footballers FC Basel players Brøndby IF players Talleres de Córdoba footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Copa América Centenario players 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen