Cristian Riveros

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Personal information
Christian Rivero
Full name	Christian Rene Rivero
Date of birth	October 16, 1982 (1982-10-16) (age 25)
Place of birth	Hialeah, Fl, United States
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 74 kg (160 lb/11.7 st)
Playing position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Cruz Azul
Number	7
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2004 2004-2005 2006-2007 2007-	San Lorenzo Tacuary Club Libertad Cruz Azul	? (?) ? (?) 27 (7) 29 (6)
National team²
2002-di	Paraguay	19 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 April, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 1, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Cristian Miguel Riveros (born October 16, 1982 in J.A. Saldivar) is a football player from Paraguay that plays as a midfielder. Riveros started his career in his hometown club Colón de J.A. Saldivar and then moved to other Paraguayan teams such as San Lorenzo and Tacuary before arriving on his current club (as of 2006) Libertad.

Riveros played in Paraguay's first two matches at the World Cup and played efficiently on the left wing. Riveros continued his good form through to club level, where he has been a team player for his club Libertad. He picked up his first international goal for Paraguay in a 3-2 defeat to Chile.

He was also called up to play in the two friendly matches against Colombia and Mexico.

He played for Paraguay in Copa América 2007

On July 12, 2007 he signed for Cruz Azul^[1]

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^ (Spanish) Transfer to Cruz Azul

v • d • e Paraguay squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Villar • 2 Núñez • 3 Toledo • 4 Gamarra • 5 Cáceres • 6 Bonet • 7 Cabañas • 8 Barreto • 9 Santa Cruz • 10 Acuña • 11 Gavilán • 12 Gómez • 13 Paredes • 14 da Silva • 15 Manzur • 16 Riveros • 17 Montiel • 18 Valdez • 19 dos Santos • 20 López • 21 Caniza • 22 Bobadilla • 23 Cuevas • Coach: Ruiz

v • d • e

Cruz Azul – current squad

1 Pérez • 2 A. Rodríguez • 3 Huiqui • 4 Domínguez • 6 Torrado • 7 Riveros • 8 Bonet • 9 Zeballos • 10 Andrade • 11 Sabah • 12 Valdivia • 13 Lozano • 14 Beltrán • 15 Vigneri • 16 Chávez • 17 Juárez • 18 Villaluz • 20 Lopez • 21 Caniza • 22 Cortés • 23 Lugo • 25 Gutiérrez • 26 Velasco • 27 Castro • 28 Gutiérrez • 29 Galván • 30 Márquez • 31 Ceja • Manager: Markarián