Octavio Rivero Explained

Octavio Rivero
Fullname:Raúl Octavio Rivero Falero
Birth Date:24 January 1992
Birth Place:Treinta y Tres, Uruguay
Height:1.85 m
Currentclub:Barcelona SC
Position:Striker
Youthclubs1:Huracán de Treinta y Tres
Youthclubs2:Defensor Sporting
Years1:2012–2014
Clubs1:Central Español
Caps1:19
Goals1:3
Years2:2013–2014
Clubs2:Rentistas (loan)
Caps2:17
Goals2:10
Years3:2014
Clubs3:O'Higgins
Caps3:16
Goals3:10
Years4:2015–2016
Caps4:48
Goals4:12
Years5:2016–2018
Clubs5:Colo-Colo
Caps5:46
Goals5:19
Years6:2018–2019
Clubs6:Atlas
Caps6:9
Goals6:0
Years7:2019
Clubs7:Nacional (loan)
Caps7:10
Goals7:5
Years8:2019–2020
Clubs8:Santos Laguna
Caps8:32
Goals8:6
Years9:2021
Clubs9:Unión La Calera
Caps9:17
Goals9:8
Years10:2022–2023
Clubs10:Unión Española
Caps10:10
Goals10:2
Years11:2024
Clubs11:Defensor Sporting
Caps11:17
Goals11:12
Years12:2024–
Clubs12:Barcelona SC
Caps12:0
Goals12:0
Club-Update:24 September 2021

Raúl Octavio Rivero Falero (born 24 January 1992), known as Octavio Rivero, is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Ecuadorian Serie A side Barcelona SC.

Career

Beginnings and Uruguay teams

Rivero began his playing career at local club Huracán de Treinta y Tres, where despite being a striker he also played as an attacking midfielder. In 2008, he moved to Montevideo to play for Defensor Sporting and remained on the club's youth program for four years.[1]

He joined Central Español in 2012, where his professional career began, and debuted for the first team in a game against Danubio. In his first season as a professional he played 16 games as a starter and finished the championship with three goals. For the next championship he was transferred to Rentistas and begins the most successful cycle of his career as the top scorer of the club with 10 goals and is one of the principal figures of the team finishing the season as one of the top scorers of the Uruguayan Clausura 2014 helping Rentistas qualify to the Copa Sudamericana 2014.

O'Higgins

His great performances with Rentistas led him to sign for Chilean Champion O'Higgins in 2014, where he scored 10 goals in 16 matches, being one of the best players of the Chilean championship.[2]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Rivero's success at O'Higgins attracted the interest of Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer who signed Rivero as a young designated player on 25 December 2014.[3] He scored his first goal for the Whitecaps on his debut, against Toronto FC, giving Vancouver a 1–0 lead, but they ended up losing the game 3–1.[4] Rivero followed up on his goal with an 86th-minute winner away at Chicago Fire to earn his team a 1–0 win.[5] Rivero continued his impressive goal scoring form to start his Whitecaps career with his third goal in three games, this time another game winner deep into second half stoppage time away at Orlando City SC, again to earn his team a 1–0 win.[6] After scoring three goals in four games, Rivero was named MLS Player of the Month for the month of March 2015.[7] On 4 April, his fifth game with Vancouver, he temporarily took over the league lead in goals with four goals in five games after scoring his team's second goal in a 2–0 win over the LA Galaxy.[8] After that Rivero scored another goal against the Columbus Crew SC in a 2–2 draw earning him a league-leading five goals in six games for the Whitecaps.[9] On 6 July 2016, Rivero completed a transfer to Colo-Colo on the same day that the Chilean club's coaching staff resigned.[10] [11]

Santos Laguna

Rivero joined Liga MX team Santos Laguna on a loan in January 2020.[12]

Unión Española

After being a free agent during 2022, he joined Unión Española for the second half of the 2022 Chilean Primera División.[13]

Career statistics

Club

ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupSupercopaContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
O'Higgins2014–15[14] Primera División1610201810
Vancouver Whitecaps FC2015MLS3410003410
Career total50202000005020

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rivero el goleador que eligio su destino. https://archive.today/20140617045503/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/273330/rivero-el-goleador-que-eligio-su-destino/. dead. 17 June 2014. elobservador.com.uy. 7 March 2014. es. Rivero the forward who chose his path.
  2. Web site: O'Higgins se lleva al goleador del Clausura uruguayo. MARCA.com. 13 June 2013 . es . O'Higgins Striker Takes the Uruguayan Final.
  3. Web site: Whitecaps FC acquire striker Octavio Rivero from Chile's Primera Division side O'Higgins FC. Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 25 December 2014.
  4. Web site: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Toronto FC – MLS MatchCenter. MLSsoccer.com MatchCenter. 11 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Chicago Fire vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC – MLS MatchCenter. MLSsoccer.com MatchCenter. 11 April 2015.
  6. Web site: Orlando City SC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC – MLS MatchCenter. MLSsoccer.com MatchCenter. 11 April 2015.
  7. Web site: Vancouver Whitecaps FC's Octavio Rivero wins Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for March. MLSsoccer.com. 11 April 2015.
  8. Web site: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. LA Galaxy – MLS MatchCenter. MLSsoccer.com MatchCenter. 11 April 2015.
  9. Web site: Vancouver Whitecaps Battle Back To Draw The Columbus Crew. MLS Multiplex. 11 April 2015.
  10. Web site: Whitecaps announce Rivero transfer now official — but there's a weird hitch. 6 July 2016. 7 July 2016.
  11. Web site: Vancouver Whitecaps sell forward Octavio Rivero to Chilean side Colo-Colo. 6 July 2016. 7 July 2016 . Nicholas. Rosano.
  12. Web site: Redaccion . Televisa . Santos ficha a otro 'hermoso' . TUDN . es-MX.
  13. Web site: Tapia . Carlos . Octavio Rivero regresa al fútbol chileno: se incorpora a Unión Española . . 11 June 2022 . es . 10 June 2022.
  14. Web site: Uruguay – O. Rivero – Perfil con noticias, estadísticas de carrera e historia – Soccerway. soccerway.com. 11 April 2015.