Iosu Rivas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rivas and the second or maternal family name is Carranza.
Iosu Rivas
Personal information
Full name Iosu Rivas Carranza
Date of birth (1983-01-20) 20 January 1983
Place of birth San Sebastián, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Real Sociedad (assistant)
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Real Sociedad B 101 (0)
2006–2007 Cartagena 30 (0)
2007–2008 Pontevedra 16 (0)
2008–2009 Ciudad Santiago 23 (0)
2009–2010 Amurrio
Total 170 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Real Sociedad (youth)
2014–2015 Berio (assistant)
2016–2018 Real Sociedad (youth)
2018–2022 Real Sociedad C (assistant)
2022–2025 Real Sociedad B (assistant)
2025 Real Sociedad B
2025– Real Sociedad (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iosu Rivas Carranza (born 20 January 1983) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back, and the assistant manager of Real Sociedad.

Playing career

Rivas was born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, and was a youth product of hometown side Real Sociedad. Promoted to the reserves in Tercera División in 2002,[1] he was a regular starter during the season as the side achieved promotion to Segunda División B.[2] He left the club in January 2006, after failing to make a breakthrough in the first team, and moved to fellow third division side FC Cartagena.

Rivas played in the third and fourth divisions in the following years, representing Pontevedra CF, SD Ciudad de Santiago[3] and Amurrio Club, retiring with the latter in 2010 at the age of 27.

Coaching career

After retiring, Rivas returned to his first club Real Sociedad, working in the Juvenil B squad (named Easo) before becoming an assistant of Iñigo Cortés at farm team Berio FT in 2014.[4] In 2015, he moved to China to work in the methodology of a project to improve the country's footballing infrastructure,[5] before returning to his home country in the following year to become Mikel Ferradas' assistant at the Txuri-urdin's Infantil side.[6]

In July 2018, Rivas was appointed manager of the Infantil Txiki squad of Real Sociedad,[7] but left the side in December to join Sergio Francisco's staff in the C-team, as his assistant.[8] He followed Sergio Francisco to the B's in 2022,[9] before becoming the manager of the reserve side on 25 April 2025, after Sergio Francisco was promoted to the first team.[10]

On 23 June 2025, after leading Sanse back to Segunda División after a three-year absence, Rivas left the role to join Sergio Francisco's staff in the first team, again as his assistant.[11]

Managerial statistics

As of 23 June 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Real Sociedad B 25 April 2025 23 June 2025 8 4 2 2 11 7 +4 050.00 [12]
Total 8 4 2 2 11 7 +4 050.00 —

References

  1. ^ "Un filial rejuvenecido no exento de calidad" [A rejuvenated reserve team not lacking in quality] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 8 September 2002. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Historical file – Iosu Rivas Carranza". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Iosu Rivas y Daniel de Castro cierran la plantilla" [Iosu Rivas and Daniel de Castro complete the squad] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Seis juveniles jugarán en el Berio FT" [Six juveniles will play at Berio FT] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Sentando cátedra en China" [Setting the standard in China] (in Spanish). Vavel. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Organigrama técnico del fútbol base" [Technical organizational chart of youth football] (in Spanish). Vavel. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Iñigo Cortés coge el Easo" [Iñigo Cortés takes over Easo] (in Spanish). Noticias de Gipuzkoa. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  8. ^ "La Real Sociedad redefine la estructura de Zubieta" [Real Sociedad redefine the structure of Zubieta] (in Spanish). EITB. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Arrancan los potrillos" [The foals start up] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Sergio Francisco has been appointed as the first team's head coach". Real Sociedad. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Iosu Rivas, tras el ascenso del Sanse: "Me quedo con la fuerza y la creencia de este grupo"" [Iosu Rivas, after Sanse's promotion: "I am left with the strength and belief of this group"] (in Spanish). Noticias de Gipuzkoa. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Matches Iosu Rivas, 2024–25 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
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