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Manuel Rivera
Personal information
Full name	José Manuel Rivera
Date of birth	16 June 1986 (1986-06-16) (age 23)
Place of birth	Guadalajara , Jalisco, Mexico
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre Forward
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006 2007-2009 2007 2008	F.C. Atlas A.C. C.F. Pachuca FC Spartak Trnava Budapest Honvéd FC → Jaguares de Chiapas (loan) → Club Toluca (loan)	0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (1) 3 (1) 8 (0) 0 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 15, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Jose Manuel Rivera Galvan (born 16 June 1986 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican football striker who currently plays for Club Toluca In the Mexican First Division.

He signed with FC Spartak Trnava in August 2006 as a free agent. Not a lot is known about Manuel Rivera. He spent time in the minor league teams of F.C. Atlas A.C. and C.F. Pachuca. Having little opportunity to show what he is capable of on these two teams, he was forced to travel to Europe in search of a contract. He had try-outs during the course of the next month with teams from The Netherlands, France, and Germany. He tried their second, third, and even fourth divisions, until finally, his agent received a call for Rivera to go and try-out for the Slovakian club FC Spartak Trnava.

He arrived at the club on August 4 2006 to practice with the B team. On the very next Tuesday, he got to play in a friendly match with the A team against a club team from Kuwait. They told him that this was his only opportunity to show what he is made of and that if you play well you stay, if not you go. He entered in the second half of the game and ended up scoring two goals. His signing with the team was very quick after that and he made his league debut against Inter Bratislava where he played 27 minutes and had an assist. In the match against FC Artmedia Petrzalka August 27, 2006 scored one goal from penalty kick. For the 2007 season he will play for Jaguares de Chiapas of the Mexican first division.

[1] Article in Spanish

[edit] External links

• Jose Manuel Rivera stats at MedioTiempo.com (Spanish)
• Spartak Trnava Official Website