Belarmino Rivera

Belarmino Rivera
Personal information
Full nameBelarmino Rivera Jimminson
Place of birth, Honduras
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1977–1985Olimpia
1987-1988Sula
1988–1995Olimpia
Platense
Victoria
1997Real Maya
National team
1980–1993Honduras46(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rivera and the second or maternal family name is Jimminson.

Belarmino Rivera Jimminson (born 1956 or 1957) is a retired Honduran football player.

Club career

Nino Rivera played for Olimpia, Sula, Platense, Victoria and Real Maya in the Honduran national league.[1] He made his debut with Olimpia in 1975 and finished his career with Real Maya in 1997, aged 42.[2] His final league game was on 30 August 1997 against Marathón.[3]

He won 4 goalkeeper of the year awards, 3 with Olimpia and 1 with Sula.[4] He was also a goalscorer when between the posts for Olimpa and Sula.[5]

International career

Rivera made his debut for Honduras in the late 1980s and played in and has earned a total of 46 caps, scoring no goals.[6] He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[7] and played at the 1991 and 1993 UNCAF Nations Cups,[8] as well as at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[9] He was a non-playing squad member at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[10]

His final international was an 18 April 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Canada in which he came on as a sub when Angelo Bautista was sent off. His first task was to face a penalty by John Catliff, which was successful and gave Canada their final goal in a 3-1 win.

Personal life

His son José Belarmino Rivera Rosales also played for Olimpia.

References

  1. ↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Ismael responde - La Prensa (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Belarmino Rivera – FIFA competition record
  8. ↑ UNCAF Tournament 1993 - RSSSF
  9. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details - RSSSF
  10. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details - RSSSF

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