Belarmino Rivera

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Belarmino Rivera
Personal information
Full name Belarmino Jose Rivera Jimminson
Date of birth (1956-02-05) February 5, 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Honduras
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1985 Olimpia
1987–1988 Sula
1988–1995 Olimpia
Platense
Victoria
1997 Real Maya
International career
1980–1993 Honduras 46 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

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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] He won the CONCACAF Champions League in 1988[6] with Olimpia when he played beside Alex Pineda Chacón, Eugenio Dolmo Flores, Juan Carlos Espinoza, Danilo Galindo and Nahúm Espinoza.

International career

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Rivera made his debut for Honduras in the late 1980s and played in and has earned a total of 46 caps, scoring no goals.[7] He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[8] and played at the 1991 and 1993 UNCAF Nations Cups,[9] as well as at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[10] He was a non-playing squad member at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11]

His final international was an 18 April 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Canada in which he came on as a substitute 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 Canadian win.

Personal life

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His son José Belarmino Rivera Rosales also played for Olimpia.

Honours and awards

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Club

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C.D. Olimpia

Country

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Honduras

References

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  1. ^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Ismael responde Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Desafíe a Ismael Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  6. ^ [1] (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Belarmino RiveraFIFA competition record (archived)
  9. ^ UNCAF Tournament 1993 Archived September 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  10. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details Archived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  11. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details Archived December 24, 2004, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
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