Martí Riverola Bataller (born 26 January 1991) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Andorran club Inter d'Escaldes.

Club career

Barcelona

Born in

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, Riverola joined

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's youth academy in 1999 at the age of 8, and started his career as a

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, being reconverted into a

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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, in a 2–0 away win against neighbours

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. They eventually returned to

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after 11 years, but the player only appeared once more in the league. Riverola joined

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club

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in January 2011 on a six-month-long loan, as the Dutch were managed by countryman

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, himself a former Barcelona player. In July he returned to Barcelona and its reserves, alongside Isaac Cuenca, 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

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in the dying minutes of a 4–0 home victory over

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in the

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Bologna

On 7 June 2012, Riverola was presented as a player of

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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

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, although he was a free agent. During his spell at the

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he only appeared in three competitive games, his

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input consisting of 50 minutes in a 2–1 loss at

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on 20 January 2013. In August 2013, Riverola was loaned to

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

of the Spanish second tier, and he spent the second half of the 2014–15 season with

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of the

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, on loan with an option make the move permanent.

Foggia and Reggiana

On 17 July 2015, Riverola was signed by

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on a two-year contract. In January 2017, he joined A.C. Reggiana 1919 also in the

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Ibiza and Andorra

Riverola returned to his country in August 2018, with third-division

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. He joined

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in the following

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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. On 1 September 2022, Riverola terminated his contract. He remained in the principality nonetheless, signing with

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side

Atlètic Club d'Escaldes Atlètic Club d'Escaldes, also commonly known as Atlètic d'Escaldes, is an Andorran professional football club based in Escaldes-Engordany, currently playing in Primera Divisió. History Atlètic Club d'Escaldes was founded on 20 May 2002 in ...

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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 Primera Divisió players Bologna FC 1909 players Calcio Foggia 1920 players AC Reggiana 1919 players Austrian Football Bundesliga players SC Rheindorf Altach players Atlètic Club d'Escaldes players Inter 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 21st-century Spanish sportsmen