Erick Rivera (footballer, born 1989)

Erick Rivera
Personal information
Full name	Erick Alejandro Rivera
Date of birth	10 October 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Santa Tecla F.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2012	C.D. Salvadoreño
2013	Firpo
2013	Santa Tecla F.C.
2014	Juventud Independiente
2015	FAS
2016-2018	C.D. Suchitepequez
2018-2018	Municipal Limeno
2018-2019	Santa Tecla F.C.
2019-2021	Club Aurora
2021-2022	Santa Tecla F.C.
International career‡
2020–2022	El Salvador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2020

Erick Alejandro Rivera (born 10 October 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a forward in Aurora.

Club career

Aurora

On 6 January 2020, Rivera was signed to Bolivian club Aurora.^[2] He made his Aurora debut in January 2020 in a 4–0 win over Real Potosi, he would end up scoring a goal in his third game against Jorge Wilstermann. He would make 12 appearances and score 3 goals, before the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

On 10 June 2020, he signed a one-year contract extension to remain in Bolivia.^[3]

On 15 August 2022, Rivera was banned from all football until October 5, 2025 due to testing positive for clostebol – a synthetic derivative of a muscle-building steroid that the body naturally produces in larger amounts in men – following after a 3-0 loss to Canada on September 8, 2021 ^[4]