Octavio Rivero
Uruguayan footballer (born 1992)
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Raúl Octavio Rivero Falero (born 24 January 1992), known as Octavio Rivero, is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Chilean Primera División side Universidad de Chile.
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Rivero with Colo-Colo in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl Octavio Rivero Falero | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Treinta y Tres, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universidad de Chile | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Huracán de Treinta y Tres | |||
| Defensor Sporting | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Central Español | 19 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | → Rentistas (loan) | 17 | (10) |
| 2014 | O'Higgins | 16 | (10) |
| 2015–2016 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 48 | (12) |
| 2016–2018 | Colo-Colo | 46 | (19) |
| 2018–2019 | Atlas | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Nacional (loan) | 10 | (5) |
| 2019–2020 | Santos Laguna | 32 | (6) |
| 2021 | Unión La Calera | 17 | (8) |
| 2022–2023 | Unión Española | 10 | (2) |
| 2023 | Racing Montevideo | 16 | (6) |
| 2024 | Defensor Sporting | 17 | (12) |
| 2024–2025 | Barcelona SC | 42 | (22) |
| 2026– | Universidad de Chile | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 January 2026 | |||
Career
Beginnings and Uruguay teams
Rivero began his playing career at local club Huracán de Treinta y Tres, where despite being a striker he also played as an attacking midfielder. In 2008, he moved to Montevideo to play for Defensor Sporting and remained on the club's youth program for four years.[1]
He joined Central Español in 2012, where his professional career began, and debuted for the first team in a game against Danubio. In his first season as a professional he played 16 games as a starter and finished the championship with three goals. For the next championship he was transferred to Rentistas and begins the most successful cycle of his career as the top scorer of the club with 10 goals and is one of the principal figures of the team finishing the season as one of the top scorers of the Uruguayan Clausura 2014 helping Rentistas qualify to the Copa Sudamericana 2014.
O'Higgins
His great performances with Rentistas led him to sign for Chilean Champion O'Higgins in 2014, where he scored 10 goals in 16 matches, being one of the best players of the Chilean championship.[2]
Vancouver Whitecaps
Rivero's success at O'Higgins attracted the interest of Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer who signed Rivero as a young designated player on 25 December 2014.[3] He scored his first goal for the Whitecaps on his debut, against Toronto FC, giving Vancouver a 1–0 lead, but they ended up losing the game 3–1.[4] Rivero followed up on his goal with an 86th-minute winner away at Chicago Fire to earn his team a 1–0 win.[5] Rivero continued his impressive goal scoring form to start his Whitecaps career with his third goal in three games, this time another game winner deep into second half stoppage time away at Orlando City SC, again to earn his team a 1–0 win.[6] After scoring three goals in four games, Rivero was named MLS Player of the Month for the month of March 2015.[7] On 4 April, his fifth game with Vancouver, he temporarily took over the league lead in goals with four goals in five games after scoring his team's second goal in a 2–0 win over the LA Galaxy.[8] After that Rivero scored another goal against the Columbus Crew SC in a 2–2 draw earning him a league-leading five goals in six games for the Whitecaps.[9] On 6 July 2016, Rivero completed a transfer to Colo-Colo on the same day that the Chilean club's coaching staff resigned.[10][11]
Santos Laguna
Rivero joined Liga MX team Santos Laguna on a loan in January 2020.[12]
Unión Española
After being a free agent during 2022, he joined Unión Española for the second half of the 2022 Chilean Primera División.[13]
Universidad de Chile
On 11 January 2026, Rivero signed a two-year contract with Universidad de Chile.[14]
Career statistics
- As of 22 June 2024[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Central Español | 2012–13 | Uruguayan Primera División | 19 | 3 | — | — | — | 19 | 3 | |||
| Rentistas (loan) | 2013–14 | Uruguayan Primera División | 17 | 10 | — | — | — | 17 | 10 | |||
| O'Higgins | 2014–15 | Chilean Primera División | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 10 | ||
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2015 | MLS | 34 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 37 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 12 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 52 | 14 | |||
| Colo Colo | 2016–17 | Chilean Primera División | 24 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 5 | ||||
| 2018 | 12 | 4 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 17 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 62 | 23 | |||
| Atlas | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||
| Nacional (loan) | 2019 | Uruguayan Primera División | 10 | 5 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 14 | 5 | ||
| Santos Laguna | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 18 | 3 | 7 | 5 | — | — | 25 | 8 | ||
| 2020–21 | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 32 | 6 | 7 | 5 | — | — | 39 | 11 | ||||
| Unión La Calera | 2021 | Chilean Primera División | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 8 | |
| Unión Española | 2022 | Chilean Primera División | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 15 | 5 | ||
| Racing | 2023 | Uruguayan Primera División | 15 | 6 | — | — | — | 15 | 6 | |||
| Defensor Sporting | 2024 | Uruguayan Primera División | 17 | 12 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 13 | |
| Career total | 254 | 93 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 302 | 110 | ||
Honours
Vancouver Whitecaps
Colo-Colo
Club Nacional de Football
Defensor Sporting