Diosbert Rivero
Venezuelan footballer (born 2000)
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Diosbert Alexander Rivero Cantillo (born 3 May 2000) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for Spanish Tercera Federación club Unión Sur Yaiza as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diosbert Alexander Rivero Cantillo | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Guanare, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Unión Sur Yaiza | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Llaneros de Guanare | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Llaneros de Guanare | 17 | (4) |
| 2019 | Extremadura B | 13 | (3) |
| 2019 | Extremadura | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Burgos | 6 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Burgos B | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | → La Unión Atlético (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Calamonte | 23 | (3) |
| 2022–2024 | Calamonte | 34 | (8) |
| 2024–2025 | Villafranca | 30 | (8) |
| 2025– | Unión Sur Yaiza | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Venezuela U20 | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2018 | |||
Club career
Born in Guanare, Rivero was a Llaneros de Guanare youth graduate. He started to appear with the first team during the 2017 season, with the club in the second division, and scored three league goals during his two-year spell at the main squad, helping in their promotion in 2018.[1][2]
In January 2019, Rivero moved abroad and joined Spanish club Extremadura UD, being initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera División. He made his professional debut on 4 June, coming on as a late substitute for Kike Márquez in a 1–0 away win against Cádiz CF in the Segunda División championship.[3]
On 15 July 2019, Rivero signed a four-year contract with Segunda División B side Burgos CF.[4]
Honours
Llaneros de Guanare