{{short description|Argentine footballer (born in 1983)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Emanuel Rivas | fullname = Emanuel Benito Rivas | image = | height = {{height|m=1.77}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|3|17}} | birth_place = Quilmes, Argentina | currentclub = | clubnumber = 9 | position = Midfielder | years1 = 2001–2004 | caps1 = 47 | goals1 = 4 | clubs1 = Independiente | years2 = 2004–2005 | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Arsenal de Sarandí | years3 = 2005–2006 | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Vitória SC | years4 = 2006–2007 | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 2 | clubs4 = → Iraklis (on loan) | years5 = 2007–2008 | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Talleres de Córdoba | years6 = 2008 | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 2 | clubs6 = → Arezzo (on loan) | years7 = 2008–2012 | caps7 = 75 | goals7 = 6 | clubs7 = Bari | years8 = 2012 | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 1 | clubs8 = Varese | years9 = 2012–2013 | caps9 = 25 | goals9 = 2 | clubs9 = Verona | years10 = 2013–2014 | caps10 = 16 | goals10 = 0 | clubs10 = Spezia | years11 = 2014–2015 | caps11 = 9 | goals11 = 0 | clubs11 = Varese | years12 = 2015– | caps12 = 2 | goals12 = 0 | clubs12 = Livorno }} '''Emanuel Benito Rivas''' (born March 17, 1983, in Quilmes) is an Argentine former football midfielder who last played for the Italian club Livorno.
==Career==
===From Independiente to Vitória SC=== Rivas started his career in 1999 with Independiente in the Primera Division Argentina. He was part of the Independiente squad that won the Apertura 2002 championship, ending a 7-year drought without a single title.
In 2004, he moved to Avellaneda's 3rd club; Arsenal de Sarandí but after only one season with Arsenal he was signed by Vitória SC of Portugal.
===From Arezzo to Varese=== After six months with Serie C1 club Arezzo, he was noted by then-Serie B club Bari who signed him in June 2008. He also played regularly in the club's comeback season to Serie A in 2009–10.
On 30 January 2012, he played for Varese.
==Honours== {| class="wikitable" !Season !Club !Title |- |Apertura 2002|| Club Atlético Independiente|| Primera Division Argentina |- |}
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