Guillermo Rivera


José Guillermo Rivera Escobar is a retired Salvadoran professional football player.

Club career

Nicknamed Memo, Rivera came through the youth ranks at FAS, where he would stay for over a decade and win two league titles. In 1999, he moved abroad for a stint at Guatemalan side USAC. He returned to El Salvador to play for Salvadoran second division side Isidro Metapán alongside fellow international William Renderos Iraheta and finished his career at Once Lobos.

International career

Rivera made his debut for El Salvador in 1988 and has earned a total of 74 caps, scoring 15 goals. He has represented his country in 22 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1999 UNCAF Nations Cups and was a non-playing squad member at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup but did play at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
His final international game was an August 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Jamaica.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
118 April 1991Estadio Rigoberto López, Managua, Nicaragua-3-21991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification
22 June 1991Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica1-21-21991 UNCAF Nations Cup
313 September 1992Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador2-13-1Friendly match
417 September 1992Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras1-01-1Friendly match
51 November 1992Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador4-04-11994 FIFA World Cup qualification
68 November 1992Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada1-13-21994 FIFA World Cup qualification
729 November 1995Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador2-03-01995 UNCAF Nations Cup
83 December 1995Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador1-12-11995 UNCAF Nations Cup
95 May 1996RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, United States1-11-1Friendly match
108 September 1996Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador1-05-01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
118 September 1996Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador4-05-01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
1221 January 1998Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador1-02-0Friendly match
1329 February 2000Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador1-03-1Friendly match
1423 July 2000Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador3-17-12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
1523 July 2000Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador4-17-12002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

Rivera is married and has two children.