Eduardo Rivera is a

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an association football coach who manages

Club Libertad Club Libertad is a Paraguayan professional football club based in Asunción that currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División. The club plays its home games at Estadio Tigo La Huerta; which holds 10,100 people. Founded in 1905, Liber ...

in the

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Career

Rivera coached for many years in

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and Presidente Franco, coaching Paranaense, Cerro Porteño PF and 3 de Febrero before moving to

Sportivo Luqueño Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. It currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, the country's top tier of football, where it has won thrice, in 19 ...

of the city of

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, where he took the club to the semi-finals of the

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. On 11 December 2015, it was announced by D10 Paraguay that Rivera was the new coach of Club Libertad, over taking

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