Héctor Oscar Rivoira (10 April 1960 – 14 August 2019) was an

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manager and player who worked as the manager of

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Playing career

Rivoira played for the River Plate youth teams but never played for the first team. In 1981, he joined

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where he played a total of 155 games. He then joined

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where he had a brief stint as a Primera División player during the 1986-87 season. Later in his career he played for

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and

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before playing out his career with local side

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Managerial career

Rivoira was given the job as manager of Club Atlético Ituzaingó in 1992. He also managed a number of other teams in the 2nd division (

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) teams in the 1990s. In 1999 his

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team was promoted to the Primera Division after a 2nd-place finish. He managed the team for the full Apertura 1999 tournament but was sacked four games into Clausura 2000.2nd level championship winning managers in Argentina
at

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After a season with

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Rivoira travelled to

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to become manager of

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. In 2003, he returned to Argentina and became manager of Instituto de Córdoba and led them to the Primera B Nacional championship and earned a team promotion to the Primera División for the 2nd time. Following this promotion he was sacked only 9 games into the Primera División season. He returned to the 2nd tier managing

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and

before returning to instituto in 2007. In 2008, he took over as manager of newly promoted

and led them to the 2008-09 Primera B Nacional championship, his 2nd championship and third promotion at this level. After a poor start to the Primera División season he resigned after 12 games of the Apertura. In December 2009 he was unveiled as the new manager of

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, his first appointment as manager of an established Primera División club. On August 14, 2019, he died at age 59 after struggling for a year with colon cancer.

Titles as a manager

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