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Cristian Riveros
Paraguayan footballer (born 1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cristian Miguel Riveros Núñez (born 16 October 1982) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for Libertad as a defensive midfielder.
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Full name | Cristian Miguel Riveros Núñez[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1982-10-16) 16 October 1982 (age 41) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Juan Augusto Saldívar, Paraguay | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Libertad | |||||||||||||
Number | 21[2] | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1999 | Cristóbal Colón | |||||||||||||
2000–2005 | Tacuary | 108 | (16) | |||||||||||
2002 | → Sportivo San Lorenzo (loan) | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||
2005–2007 | Libertad | 50 | (8) | |||||||||||
2007–2010 | Cruz Azul | 111 | (17) | |||||||||||
2010–2012 | Sunderland | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||
2011–2012 | → Kayserispor (loan) | 33 | (2) | |||||||||||
2012–2013 | Kayserispor | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||
2013–2015 | Grêmio | 43 | (5) | |||||||||||
2015–2018 | Olimpia Asunción | 107 | (11) | |||||||||||
2018–2019 | Libertad | 53 | (1) | |||||||||||
2020–2022 | Nacional Asunción | 59 | (4) | |||||||||||
2022– | Libertad | 34 | (4) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
2005–2018 | Paraguay | 101[3] | (16) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023 (UTC) |
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A full international for Paraguay since 2005, he has earned 99 caps for his country, playing at two FIFA World Cup competitions (2006 and 2010) and three Copa América tournaments (2007, 2011 and 2015).
On 19 July 2015, Paraguayan newspaper ExtraPRESS named Riveros the most expensive player in Paraguay.[4]