Belarmino Rivera

Belarmino Rivera

Personal information
Full name	Belarmino Jose Rivera Jimminson
Date of birth	5 February 1956 (age 59)
Place of birth	, Honduras
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1985	Olimpia
1987-1988	Sula
1988–1995	Olimpia
	Platense
	Victoria
1997	Real Maya
International career
1980–1993	Honduras	46	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rivera and the second or maternal family name is Jimminson.

Belarmino Rivera Jimminson (born 1956 or 1957) is a retired Honduran football player.

Club career

Nino Rivera played for Olimpia, Sula, Platense, Victoria and Real Maya in the Honduran national league. He made his debut with Olimpia in 1975 and finished his career with Real Maya in 1997, aged 42. His final league game was on 30 August 1997 against Marathón.

He won 4 goalkeeper of the year awards, 3 with Olimpia and 1 with Sula. He was also a goalscorer when between the posts for Olimpa and Sula.

International career

Rivera made his debut for Honduras in the late 1980s and played in and has earned a total of 46 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1991 and 1993 UNCAF Nations Cups, as well as at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was a non-playing squad member at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

His final international was an 18 April 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Canada in which he came on as a sub when Angelo Bautista was sent off. His first task was to face a penalty by John Catliff, which was successful and gave Canada their final goal in a 3-1 win.

Personal life

His son José Belarmino Rivera Rosales also played for Olimpia.

External links

• Belarmino Rivera at National-Football-Teams.com