Harold Rivera Roa (born 6 July 1970) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harold Rivera Roa | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-07-06) 6 July 1970 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | Ibagué, Colombia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportes Tolima | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1995 | Deportes Tolima | ||
| 1996 | Atlético Huila | ||
| 1997 | Unión Magdalena | ||
| 1998 | Junior | ||
| 1999–2000 | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
| 2001 | Millonarios | ||
| 2002–2004 | Cortuluá | ||
| 2005 | Deportes Tolima | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2011 | Colombia U15 | ||
| 2011 | Colombia (women) (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Colombia U17 | ||
| 2013 | Patriotas (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Patriotas | ||
| 2017 | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
| 2017–2019 | Unión Magdalena | ||
| 2019–2021 | Santa Fe | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Ibagué, Rivera represented Deportes Tolima, Atlético Huila, Unión Magdalena, Junior, Atlético Bucaramanga, Millonarios and Cortuluá as a player. He retired in 2005 with Tolima at the age of 35, and started working with Tolima's youth categories immediately after his retirement.
In 2008, after two years managing the Tolima regional team, Rivera was named manager of the Colombia under-15 national team. In 2011, after a short period as Ricardo Rozo's assistant at the women's national team, he was appointed in charge of the under-17s.
In 2013, Rivera joined Julio Comesaña's staff at Patriotas Boyacá, as his assistant. On 4 February of the following year, he was named manager of the club after Comesaña resigned.[1]
Rivera asked to resign from Patriotas in April 2016 due to personal reasons, but the club did not accept and gave him a 60-day leave.[2] He left the club on 5 December of that year, after his contract ended,[3] and took over former club Atlético Bucaramanga twelve days later.[4]
Sacked by Bucaramanga on 5 March 2017,[5] Rivera was named at the helm of another club he represented as a player, Unión Magdalena, on 14 August.[6] He resigned from the club in June 2019, and was appointed manager of Independiente Santa Fe on 7 August.[7]
Rivera's son, also named Harold, is also a footballer. He also represented Huila.[8]
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