Jose Manuel Rivera

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Manuel Rivera
Personal information
Full name	Jose Manuel Rivera Galvan
Date of birth	1986
Place of birth	Guadalajara , Jalisco, Mexico
Playing position	Centre Forward
Club information
Current club	Budapest Honvéd FC
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
?-? ?-? 2006-07 2007-	CF Atlas CF Pachuca FC Spartak Trnava Budapest Honvéd FC	0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (1) 0 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 24 August 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Jose Manuel Rivera Galvan is a Mexican football striker. 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 CF Atlas and CF 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. [1] Article in Spanish

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