Germán Ariel Rivero
Forward · Deportivo Cuenca · №11
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Tecnico Universitario
Deportivo Cuenca
Liga Pro
|
3:1 | |
Orense SC
Deportivo Cuenca
Liga Pro
|
2:0 | |
Deportivo Cuenca
Manta
Liga Pro
|
1:2 | |
Independiente del Valle
Deportivo Cuenca
Liga Pro
|
1:0 | |
Deportivo Cuenca
Emelec
Liga Pro
|
2:1 | |
Macará
Deportivo Cuenca
Liga Pro
|
3:0 | |
Santos
Deportivo Cuenca
CONMEBOL Sudamericana
|
3:0 | |
Deportivo Cuenca
Deportivo Recoleta
CONMEBOL Sudamericana
|
2:2 | |
Deportivo Cuenca
San Lorenzo de Almagro
CONMEBOL Sudamericana
|
0:0 | |
|
Deportivo Recoleta
Deportivo Cuenca
CONMEBOL Sudamericana
|
0:0 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Liga Pro | 2026 | 13 |
| CONMEBOL Sudamericana | 2026 | 7 |
About the player
Germán Rivero's career has rarely run in a straight line. After leaving Fenix in 2014 amid unpaid wages, he went ten months without a club, working as a house painter alongside his father while his agent looked for a new team.
At Plaza Colonia in Uruguay he won the Clausura title in 2016, was named the league's best foreign player, and was also picked as the best player of the twelfth round that season. A year later, at Unión La Calera in Chile, he added a second winner's medal, taking the Primera B title.
What came after was a long circuit through clubs in Argentina, Uruguay and Greece — Defensor Sporting, Apollon Smyrnis, Alvarado, Patronato, Ferro Carril Oeste. At Gimnasia de Mendoza in 2022 he was hospitalised for 21 days with a salmonella infection.
Spells at Almirante Brown, Talleres de Remedios de Escalada and Deportivo Madryn followed before Rivero signed for Deportivo Cuenca as a free agent in January 2026. In Ecuador he has made 30 appearances across the league, domestic cup and Copa Sudamericana, scoring twice, both in the league. Across his career he has played 345 matches and scored 67 goals.
Career path
- 2026 — now Deportivo Cuenca 29 matches
- 2025 Deportivo Madryn 31 matches
- 2023 — 2024 Club Almirante Brown 56 matches
- 2024 CA Talleres (Remedios de Escalada) 17 matches
- 2022 Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza 21 matches
- 2021 Club Ferro Carril Oeste 35 matches
- 2020 — 2021 Patronato 9 matches
- 2020 Alvarado 19 matches
- 2019 Apollon Smyrni 5 matches
- 2018 Defensor Sporting Club 36 matches
- 2017 Unión La Calera 3 matches
- 2016 Club Plaza Colonia 17 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Deportivo Cuenca | LigaPro Serie A | 22 | 2 | 2 | 881 |
| 2026 | Deportivo Cuenca | Copa Sudamericana | 7 | 0 | 1 | 320 |
| 2025 | Deportivo Madryn | Primera Nacional | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 658 |
| 2025 | Deportivo Madryn | Primera Nacional - Reducido | 6 | 0 | 0 | 386 |
| 2024 | Club Almirante Brown | Primera Nacional | 18 | 1 | 0 | 797 |
| 2024 | CA Talleres (Remedios de Escalada) | Primera Nacional | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 007 |
| 2024 | CA Talleres (Remedios de Escalada) | Copa Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123 |
| 2023 | Club Almirante Brown | Primera Nacional | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 040 |
| 2023 | Club Almirante Brown | Primera Nacional - Reducido | 5 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
| 2022 | Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza | Primera Nacional | 18 | 3 | 0 | 782 |
| 2022 | Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza | Primera Nacional - Reducido | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 2022 | Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza | Copa Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2021 | Club Ferro Carril Oeste | Primera Nacional | 31 | 6 | 4 | 1 626 |
| 2021 | Club Ferro Carril Oeste | Primera Nacional - Reducido | 4 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| 2021 | Patronato | Copa de la Liga Profesional de Fútbol (- 23/24) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| 2020 | Patronato | Copa de la Liga Profesional de Fútbol (- 23/24) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 261 |
| 2020 | Patronato | Copa Maradona - Fase Complementación | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| 2018 | Defensor Sporting Club | Liga AUF Apertura | 13 | 7 | 0 | 967 |
| 2018 | Defensor Sporting Club | Liga AUF Clausura | 12 | 3 | 1 | 439 |
| 2018 | Defensor Sporting Club | Copa Libertadores | 6 | 0 | 0 | 372 |
| 2018 | Defensor Sporting Club | Liga AUF Intermedio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 303 |
| 2018 | Defensor Sporting Club | Copa Sudamericana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2017 | Unión La Calera | Primera B Apertura (-2015) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| 2017 | Unión La Calera | Liguilla de Promoción | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 19/20 | Alvarado | Primera Nacional | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 634 |
| 18/19 | Apollon Smyrni | Super League 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
| 18/19 | Apollon Smyrni | Kypello Elladas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| 15/16 | Club Plaza Colonia | Liga AUF Clausura | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 224 |
| 15/16 | Club Plaza Colonia | Liga AUF Apertura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 15/16 | Club Plaza Colonia | Playoffs Liga AUF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 99 |
| Total | Club Almirante Brown | 56 | 6 | 3 | 2 999 | |
| Total | Defensor Sporting Club | 36 | 10 | 1 | 2 095 | |
| Total | Club Ferro Carril Oeste | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 711 | |
| Total | Deportivo Madryn | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 044 | |
| Total | Deportivo Cuenca | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 201 | |
| Total | Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza | 21 | 3 | 0 | 921 | |
| Total | Alvarado | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 634 | |
| Total | CA Talleres (Remedios de Escalada) | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 130 | |
| Total | Club Plaza Colonia | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 359 | |
| Total | Patronato | 9 | 0 | 0 | 407 |
Transfers
- 25/26 Dep. Madryn Dep. Cuenca
- 24/25 Talleres RE Dep. Madryn
- 24/25 Almirante Brown Talleres RE
- 22/23 Gimnasia (M) Almirante Brown
- 21/22 Ferro Gimnasia (M)
- 20/21 Patronato Ferro
- 20/21 Alvarado Patronato
- 19/20 Defensor Alvarado
- 19/20 Apollon Smyrnis Defensor
- 18/19 Defensor Apollon Smyrnis
- 17/18 La Calera Defensor
- 17/18 No Club La Calera
