Riva (footballer)

Riva
Personal information
Full name Rivadávio Alves Pereira
Date of birth (1944-05-04) 4 May 1944
Place of birth Cambuci, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1967 Fluminense
International career
1963–1964 Brazil Olympic 5 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
1963 São Paulo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rivadávio Alves Pereira[a] (born 4 May 1944), known as Riva, is a Brazilian former footballer.[1]

Career

Defender, Riva played for Fluminense FC from 1962 to 1967.

International career

Riva competed in the 1963 Pan American Games and the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4]

Honours

Fluminense

Brazil Olympic

Notes

  1. ^ This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.

References

  1. ^ "Profile". sambafoot.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Riva". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2025. Full name: Rivadávio Alves Pereira
  3. ^ "Medalhistas Brasileiros - São Paulo 1963". Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 1952-1963". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.