Antonio Rivas (Spanish footballer)

Antonio Rivas Martínez (born 13 September 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and a manager.

After an unsuccessful four-year stint with Atlético Madrid, only appearing in four games with the first team, he signed for RCD Mallorca in summer 1988, being regularly used in his only season as the Balearic Islands club returned to La Liga after one year out.

[1] Subsequently, Rivas joined Real Oviedo, going on to play nine consecutive campaigns in the top flight and rarely missing a match when healthy, while being deployed in several defensive positions.

[3] After 274 competitive games with Oviedo, the 33-year-old Rivas left the club in the 1999 January transfer window, representing Albacete Balompié over one and a half Segunda División seasons.

Rivas started coaching in 2002–03, being one of four managers as Oviedo were relegated to the third division – eventually to Tercera División due to irregularities.