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{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1984)}}
{{family name hatnote|Rivas|Mortera|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = José Rivas
| image = UANL Tigres 2015 - копия (7).jpg
| caption = Rivas with [[Tigres UANL]] in 2015
| fullname = José Arturo Rivas Mortera
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|10|18}}
| birth_place = [[Coatzacoalcos]], [[Veracruz]], Mexico
| height = 1.88 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Centre-back]]
| currentclub  = [[Tigres UANL Reserves and Academy|UANL U-18]] (assistant)
| years1= 2001–2003
| clubs1= [[Delfines de Coatzacoalcos]]
| caps1= ?
| goals1 = ?
| years2= 2003–2004
| clubs2= [[Atlético Zacatepec|Zacatepec]]
| caps2= ?
| goals2 = ?
| years3= 2004–2018
| clubs3= [[Tigres UANL]]
| caps3= 190
| goals3 = 8
| years4= 2017–2018
| clubs4= → [[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]] (loan)
| caps4= 39
| goals4 = 0
| totalcaps= 229
| totalgoals= 8
| manageryears1  = 2019–
| managerclubs1  = [[Tigres UANL Reserves and Academy]] (assistant)
| nationalyears1 = 2015
| nationalteam1 = [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''José Arturo Rivas Mortera''' (born 18 October 1984) is a Mexican former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|centre-back]].
Rivas has spent the most of his career in Tigres, winning three Liga MX, one Copa MX and one Campeón de Campeones championships.
== Career ==
Rivas played most of his career with Tigres playing since 2004 to 2018 ending his career at Veracruz in 2018.
Rivas was born on October 18, 1984, in [[Coatzacoalcos|Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz]] and at the age of 18 he enrolled with Tigres and from that day on he has never left the institution. La Palma Rivas received the opportunity to be registered in the UANL Tigres first team for the 2004 Apertura. He has been gaining the trust of the various coaches who have directed him. In the 2006 Clausura tournament, he suffered an injury that sidelined him for about a year and a half. In the 2011 Apertura he won the first championship of his career in the Mexican First Division with the UANL Tigres. Three years later,  he won his second title in his career in the 2014 Copa MX Clausura.
Rivas had his best year in 2015. He won the starting role in the Clausura 2015 filling the vacancy left by the injured Juninho. since he took the place his absence was not noticed and he even managed to do better. From there he gained the trust of Ricardo Ferretti. That same year Rivas decided to study the career of Technical Trainer with the aim of being linked to football for a long time. In the 105th minute of the game, he received a red card because of violent conduct and being part of a massive brawl in the [[Apertura 2016 Liga MX championship stage|Apertura 2016]] Liga MX Final vs [[Club América]] but his team still ended up winning the final on penalties with [[Nahuel Guzmán]] stopping every penalty shot.
==Honours==
'''Tigres UANL'''
*[[Liga MX]]: [[2011–12 Mexican Primera División season#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2011]], [[2015–16 Liga MX season#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2015]], [[2016–17 Liga MX season#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2016]]
*[[Copa MX]]: [[Clausura 2014 Copa MX Final|Clausura 2014]]
*[[Campeón de Campeones]]: [[2016 Campeón de Campeones|2016]]
==External links==
* {{Liga MX player|31833/jose-arturo-rivas-mortera|José Arturo Rivas Mortera}}
* {{MedioTiempo|jose-arturo-rivas|José Arturo Rivas}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214120920/http://www.esmas.com/sef/futbol/tor29/jug422.html |title=José Arturo Rivas' statistics {{in lang|es}} }}
* {{Soccerway|jose-arturo-rivas-mortera/14557}}
* [https://www.zerozero.pt/player.php?id=74544 José Arturo Rivas] at ZeroZero
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[[Category:Footballers from Veracruz]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Tigres UANL footballers]]
[[Category:People from Coatzacoalcos]]
[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Mexico men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Mexican men's footballers]]
[[Category:21st-century Mexican sportsmen]]