Christian Rivera
Rivera with Spain U18 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Christian Rivera Hernández
Date of birth (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sporting Gijón
Number 17
Youth career
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Oviedo B 20 (0)
2015–2016 Oviedo 15 (1)
2016–2018 Eibar 24 (0)
2018 → Barcelona B (loan) 18 (0)
2018–2021 Las Palmas 6 (0)
2018–2019 → Huesca (loan) 22 (2)
2019–2020 → Leganés (loan) 5 (0)
2020 → Girona (loan) 8 (0)
2021– Sporting Gijón 58 (1)
International career‡
2015 Spain U18 2 (0)
2014–2016 Spain U19 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2016

Christian Rivera Hernández (born 9 July 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Sporting de Gijón.

Club career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Rivera was a Sporting de Gijón youth graduate. In July 2013 he nearly joined Atlético Madrid,[2] but his transfer was blocked by Sporting's board and he was left out of the Juvenil squad; on 2 September of the following year he moved to Real Oviedo instead.[3]

Initially appearing with the B-team in Tercera División, Rivera was called up to the main squad in May 2015. He made his first team debut on the 16th, starting in a 2–3 away loss against Coruxo FC in the Segunda División B championship.[4]

Rivera made his professional debut on 4 October 2015, coming on as a half-time substitute for Diego Aguirre in a 1–1 Segunda División home draw against RCD Mallorca.[5] Thirteen days later he scored his first goal in the category, netting his team's last in a 3–2 home win against AD Alcorcón.[6]

On 1 July 2016, Rivera signed a three-year deal with La Liga side SD Eibar.[7] He made his debut in the category on 19 August, starting in a 1–2 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña.

On 11 January 2018, Rivera was loaned to FC Barcelona B in the second division until the end of the season, with an option to buy.[8] He moved to fellow second division side UD Las Palmas on 31 July, after agreeing to a four-year deal.[9]

On 25 October 2018, Rivera joined SD Huesca in the main category on loan until the end of the season, replacing injured Luisinho.[10] The following 2 September, after suffering relegation, he moved to CD Leganés also in a temporary deal.[11]

On 31 January 2020, Rivera's loan with Lega was terminated, and he instead joined Girona FC on loan until June.[12][13] Upon returning, he was assigned to Las Palmas' main squad, but under a layoff;[14] the club later revoked the decision.[15]

On 19 July 2021, Rivera returned to his first club Sporting after signing a four-year contract.[16]

Honours

Oviedo

References

  1. ↑ "Christian Rivera" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Continúa el éxodo de promesas sportinguistas" [The exodus of pearls sportinguistas continues] (in Spanish). Golaverage. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "El juvenil Cristian Rivera se va del Sporting al Oviedo" [Juvenil Cristian Rivera goes from Sporting to Oviedo] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Coruxo 3 Real Oviedo 2". Real Oviedo Ireland. 17 May 2015. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "El Oviedo se estrella ante el mejor Mallorca de la temporada" [Oviedo crashes against the best Mallorca of the season]. Marca (in Spanish). 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "La pegada del Oviedo puede con el Alcorcón" [Oviedo's will can handle Alcorcón]. Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 17 October 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "SD Eibar cierra la contratación hasta 2019 de Jordi Calavera y Christian Rivera" [SD Eibar complete the signing until 2019 of Jordi Calavera and Christian Rivera] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Acuerdo con la SD Eibar para la cesión de Rivera" [Agreement with SD Eibar for the loan of Rivera] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Christian Rivera, fichaje amarillo procedente del Eibar" [Christian Rivera, amarillo signing from Eibar] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 31 July 2018. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Christian Rivera se incorpora a la SD Huesca" [Christian Rivera joins SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "Christian Rivera, cedido al CD Leganés" [Christian Rivera, loaned to CD Leganés] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Christian Rivera, cedido al Girona FC" [Christian Rivera, loaned to Girona FC] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  13. ↑ "Christian Rivera ya es el nuevo pivote defensivo del Girona". Marca.com (in Spanish). 31 January 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  14. ↑ "La UD Las Palmas aplica el ERTE a los jugadores Raúl Fernández y Christian Rivera" [UD Las Palmas apply the ERTE to the players Raúl Fernández and Christian Rivera] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  15. ↑ "Comunicado Oficial" [Official announcement] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  16. ↑ "Christian Rivera firma con el Sporting hasta 2025" [Christian Rivera signs with Sporting until 2025] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.