Enrique Rivers Gutiérrez (born 4 January 1961) became one of the most famous

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players during the 1980s.

Club career

Rivers made his debut in the Costa Rica Primera División in 1978 with hometown club Limonense."Quiero orden"•Enrique Rivers, técnico limonense, procura disciplina y lucha en su equipo
- Nación He played most of his career with

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, as well as for

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in Guatemala and Herediano. He retired in 1993.

International career

Rivers made his debut for

in a March 1983

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against

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and he is mostly remembered for scoring the goal against Italy's national team during the

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held in Los Angeles. At that period of time, the Italians were the

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champions, and their defeat against

was a historic event in the football world. His final international was a May 1989

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match against

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Managerial career

After retiring from professional football, Rivers was assistant to manager

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for five years at Belén, Herediano and

, where they won the 1998 and 1999 local championships. His first job in charge was at Limonense in 2000 and he was head coach of

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for a short period of time as well, but decided to focus on the coordinating tasks for

's minor league system, where he has been able to discover and recruit young kids and launch them into successful football careers. In December 2012 he was put in charge of Saprissa's reserve team, Saprissa de Corazón, in the second division.Rivers dirigirá al Saprissa de Corazón
- Al Día

References

1961 births Living people Footballers from Limón Province Men's association football midfielders Costa Rican men's footballers Costa Rica men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Costa Rica Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Deportivo Saprissa players Comunicaciones F.C. players Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Costa Rican football managers Deportivo Saprissa managers Deportivo Saprissa non-playing staff A.D. Guanacasteca players {{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub