He was primarily recognized for his odd areer as despite finding initial success with La Coruña, would experience a series of misfortunes in his later career which prevented him from achieving his true potential.

His official debut for the club would occur in a match against Celta de Vigo where La Coruña would win 2–0.

[2][4] Despite his injury not recovering completely and having to undergo another surgery, he would return to Valencia for the 1974–75 La Liga but despite being in seemingly perfect condition, wouldn't see himself play in any matches and would announce an early retirement mid-season.

The remainder of his careers in relation to football would involve him returning to La Coruña as an assistant technical director.

[6] Ríos would later marry Mari Carme Vila and would later have five children together: Fernanda, Marimar, Víctor, Carolina and David along with seven grandchildren.