José Arturo Rivas Mortera (born 18 October 1984) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Rivas was born on October 18, 1984, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz and at the age of 18 he enrolled with Tigres and from that day on he has never left the institution.

La Palma Rivas received the opportunity to be registered in the UANL Tigres first team for the 2004 Apertura.

That same year Rivas decided to study the career of Technical Trainer with the aim of being linked to football for a long time.

In the 105th minute of the game, he received a red card because of violent conduct and being part of a massive brawl in the Apertura 2016 Liga MX Final vs Club América but his team still ended up winning the final on penalties with Nahuel Guzmán stopping every penalty shot.