Rigoberto Rivas

Rigoberto Manuel Rivas Vindel (born 31 July 1998) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Reggina 1914 on loan from Inter Milan.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rivas and the second or maternal family name is Vindel.
Rigoberto Rivas
Personal information
Full name Rigoberto Manuel Rivas Vindel
Date of birth (1998-07-31) 31 July 1998
Place of birth Balfate,[1] Honduras
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Club information
Current team
 Reggina (on loan from
Internazionale)
Number 99
Youth career
2013–2016 Prato
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Prato 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Internazionale (loan) 0 (0)
2017– Internazionale 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Brescia (loan) 15 (0)
2018–2019 → Ternana (loan) 10 (0)
2019– → Reggina (loan) 28 (2)
National team‡
2019– Honduras U-23 2 (0)
2019– Honduras 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 November 2019

Club career

Prato

Born in Balfate,[1] Honduras, Rivas started his professional career at Italian Lega Pro club Prato. He made his professional debut on 8 May 2016.[2] Rivas also played for the club in the "Berretti" under-19 youth team that season.[3] Rivas also played a match on 24 February 2013, for Prato's U15 team. However, he was not yet eligible (not yet officially registered), making the team losing the match to Grosseto, as FIGC awarded a 3–0 result in favour to Grosseto.[4]

Internazionale

Prato signed a 3-year partnership agreement with Internazionale in 2014,[5] which saw the club sell Rivas to Internazionale on 30 August 2016, initially on a temporary basis.[6] The under-19 team of the club won 2016–17 Campionato Nazionale Primavera, with Rivas in the starting lineup in the finals.[7]

Rivas also received a call-up from Inter's first team. Stefano Vecchi, coach of the under-19 as well as a caretaker of the first team, called Rivas for the match against Udinese on 28 May 2017. Rivas was assigned number 42 shirt. He was an unused substitute.[8] Rivas made his non-competitive debut for the first team on 9 July 2017.[9] He was signed by Inter outright on 7 July.[10]

Loan to Brescia

On 31 August 2017 he was signed by Serie B club Brescia on a season-long loan deal with option to buy.[11] On 10 September he made his Serie B debut for Brescia as a substitute replacing Matteo Cortesi in the 64th minute of a 1–0 away win over Parma.[12] On 8 October, Rivas played his first match as a starter for Brescia, a 3–0 away defeat against Virtus Entella, he was replaced by Alessandro Martinelli in the 74th minute.[13] On 20 October he played his first entire match for Brescia, a 2–0 away defeat against Cremonese.[14]

Loan to Ternana

On 21 July 2018, Rivas signed to Ternana on loan until 30 June 2019.[15][16] He made his debut in the second round of the Coppa Italia against Carpi and scored the second goal in a 2–0 win.

Loan to Reggina

On 2 September 2019, he joined Reggina on loan.[17] The following 23 November, Rivas scored his first goal in a 4–1 win against Rende.[18] On 27 August 2020 Inter Milan and Reggina renewed the loan spell for another season.[19]

International career

Rivas received a call-up from Honduras national football team for 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[20] However, he was dropped from the final squad.[21] He did however receive a call-up for friendlies against Paraguay and Brazil on 5 and 9 June 2019.[22] He made his debut against Paraguay – as a starter – in a 1–1 draw.[23]

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 March 2020
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Prato 2015–16 Serie C 1000—10
Internazionale 2016–17 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Brescia (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 15 0 0 0 — 15 0
Ternana (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 10 0 2 1 — 12 1
Reggina (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 16 2 0 0 — 16 2
Career total 42221—443

Honours
Internazionale Primavera
Reggina

References
  1. "Rigoberto Rivas, Inter's young Catracho" (Press release). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  2. "Malotti e Rivas, dalla Cantera Biancazzurra al Professionismo" (Press release) (in Italian). A.C. Prato. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. "AMMONIZIONE (I INFR)" (PDF). Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti. Comunicato Ufficiale (in Italian). Lega Pro. 2015–16 (32/TB). 4 November 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  4. "*GARA U.S.GROSSETO F.C.–A.C.PRATO" (PDF). Settore Giovanile e Scolastico. Comunicato Ufficiale (in Italian). Italian Football Federation (FIGC). 2012–13 (90). 26 February 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. "A.C. Prato e F.C. Internazionale raggiungono l´accordo" (Press release) (in Italian). A.C. Prato. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  6. "Rigoberto Rivas in prestito all'FC Internazionale" (Press release) (in Italian). A.C. Prato. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  7. "Inter Primavera are champions of Italy" (Press release). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  8. "Inter round off season with 5-2 win over Udinese" (Press release). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  9. "INTER V WSG WATTENS line-ups" (Press release). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  10. "Calcio Mercato" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  11. "Rivas moves to Brescia". FC Internazionale - Inter Milan. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  12. "Parma vs. Brescia - 10 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  13. "Virtus Entella vs. Brescia - 8 October 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  14. "Cremonese vs. Brescia - 20 October 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  15. "UFFICIALE: Ternana, arriva in prestito Rivas" [Official: Ternana, Rivas arrives on loan]. Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). TC&C. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  16. "Rigoberto Rivas moves to Ternana" (Press release). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  17. "RIVAS È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DELLA REGGINA" (Press release) (in Italian). Reggina 1914. 2 September 2019.
  18. Rigoberto Rivas anota su primer gol con el Reggina en la Serie C de Italia (Rigoberto Rivas scored his first goal with Reggina in the Italian Serie C); Diez, 23 November 2019 (in Spanish)
  19. "RIGOBERTO RIVAS SIGNS FOR REGGINA" (Press release). inter.it. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  20. "Internationals: Rivas called up by Honduras" (Press release). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  21. "Honduras Roster". CONCACAF Gold Cup. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  22. La convocatoria de Honduras para amistosos ante Brasil y Paraguay en Sudamerica; (in Spanish)
  23. "Paraguay v Honduras game report". ESPN. 5 June 2019.
  24. Rigoberto La Reggina de Rigo Rivas y Germán 'Tanque' Denis asciende a la Serie B de Italia (Rigo Rivas and Germán Denis's Reggina is promoted to the Serie B of Italy); Diez, 8 June 2020 (in Spanish)
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