Catalino Rivarola

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rivarola and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.

Catalino Rivarola

Personal information
Full name	Catalino Rivarola Méndez
Date of birth	30 April 1965 (1965-04-30)
Place of birth	Zabalhos, Paraguay
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1991	Cerro Porteño
1991–1995	Talleres	98	(3)
1995–1998	Grêmio	60	(1)
1999	Palmeiras	3	(0)
2000	América-RJ
2001	Libertad
National team
1988–1998	Paraguay	52	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 2008. † Appearances (Goals).

Catalino Rivarola Méndez (born 30 April 1965 in Zabalhos, Asunción) is a former football defender from Paraguay.

Club

Rivarola started his club career with Cerro Porteño in 1985 and was part of the team that won the 1987 championship. In 1991 he joined Talleres de Córdoba in Argentina.

In 1995 he moved to Brazil where he was part of the Grêmio team that won several titles including the Recopa Sudamericana in 1995, in 1999 he played for Palmeiras in the season that they won the Copa Libertadores. He spent 2000 with América-RJ before returning to Paraguay in 2001 to play for Libertad.

International

Rivarola made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 7 September 1988 in a friendly match against Ecuador (5-1 win). He was capped 52 times and scored 3 goals for Paraguay in a national career which lasted from 1988 to 1998. Rivarola played at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the Copa América in 1989 and 1991.

Honours

Club

• Cerro Porteño
  • Paraguayan Primera División: 1987
• Grêmio
  • Copa Libertadores: 1995
  • Campeonato Gaúcho: 1996
  • Campeonato Brasileiro: 1996
  • Recopa Sudamericana: 1996
  • Copa do Brasil: 1997
• Palmeiras
  • Copa Libertadores: 1999

External links

• Profile at National Football Teams
• playerhistory