Joaquín Rivas

Joaquín Antonio Rivas Navarro (born 26 April 1992) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays for USL Championship club FC Tulsa.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rivas and the second or maternal family name is Navarro.
Joaquín Rivas
Personal information
Full name Joaquín Antonio Rivas Navarro
Date of birth (1992-04-26) 26 April 1992
Place of birth Santa Ana, El Salvador
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Tulsa
Number 11
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 UNLV Rebels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Kitsap Pumas 13 (6)
2015–2016 Sacramento Republic 19 (0)
2017–2018 Tulsa Roughnecks 61 (17)
2019–2020 Saint Louis FC 19 (2)
2021– FC Tulsa 25 (6)
National team‡
2018– El Salvador 29 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:01, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:01, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Rivas played college soccer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2010 to 2013.[1]

After college, Rivas appeared for USL PDL side Kitsap Pumas in 2014.[2]

Professional

Rivas signed for United Soccer League side Tulsa Roughnecks as of the start of the 2017 season.[3]

Rivas moved to USL side Saint Louis FC ahead of their 2019 season.[4]

Following Saint Louis FC folding at the end of the 2020 season, Rivas returned to FC Tulsa.[5]

International

He made his debut for El Salvador national football team on 16 November 2018 in a CONCACAF Nations League qualifier against Bermuda, as a half-time substitute for Jaime Alas.[6] In the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Quarter-Finals against Qatar, Rivas scored 2 goals plus 1 that was controversially disallowed for offside.

International goals
Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.[7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 November 2018Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Haiti1–01–0Friendly
2.11 July 2021Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States Guatemala2–02–02021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3.24 July 2021State Farm Stadium, Glendale, United States Qatar1–32–32021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4.2–3

References
  1. "Joaquin Rivas - Men's Soccer". University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics.
  2. "Archived copy". www.uslpdl.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Saint Louis Signs El Salvador International Rivas". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. "Joaquin Rivas Set for Second Stint in Tulsa". December 2020.
  6. "Bermuda v El Salvador game report". ESPN. 16 November 2018.
  7. "Joaquín Rivas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 November 2018.


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