Enrique Rivers

Enrique Rivers Gutiérrez (born 4 January 1961) became one of the most famous Costa Rican football players during the 1980s.

Rivers made his debut in the Costa Rica Primera División in 1978 with hometown club Limonense.

Rivers made his debut for Costa Rica in a March 1983 friendly match against Mexico and he is mostly remembered for scoring the goal against Italy's national team during the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles.

After retiring from professional football, Rivers was assistant to manager Alexandre Guimarães for five years at Belén, Herediano and Saprissa, where they won the 1998 and 1999 local championships.

His first job in charge was at Limonense in 2000[1] and he was head coach of Deportivo Saprissa for a short period of time as well, but decided to focus on the coordinating tasks for Saprissa's minor league system, where he has been able to discover and recruit young kids and launch them into successful football careers.