Nano Rivas

Nano

Nano as a Betis player in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Victoriano Rivas Álvaro
Date of birth	(1980-07-07) 7 July 1980
Place of birth	Ciudad Real, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Getafe B (coach)
Youth career
	Manchego
	Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Amorós
2000–2003	Atlético Madrid B	52	(1)
2002–2003	→ Getafe (loan)	26	(2)
2003–2005	Getafe	71	(5)
2005–2010	Betis	41	(2)
2008–2009	→ Valladolid (loan)	12	(0)
2010–2012	Levante	49	(4)
2012–2013	Guizhou Renhe	54	(2)
Total		305	(16)
Managerial career
2015–2016	Gimnàstic (assistant)
2016–	Getafe B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Template:Spanish name Victoriano Rivas Álvaro (born 7 July 1980), known as Nano, is a Spanish retired footballer who mainly played as a central defender, and the current coach of Getafe CF B.

During seven seasons he amassed La Liga totals of 139 games and ten goals, mainly in representation of Betis (three years) and Levante (two). He also represented in the competition Getafe and Valladolid.

Club career

Born in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Nano made his professional debuts with Atlético Madrid's B-team, playing two full seasons with the third division side. In 2002–03 he was loaned to Getafe CF in the second level, before moving the team on a permanent deal in the summer of 2003; an undisputed starter with the Madrid outskirts team, he scored four goals in 37 games in the 2004–05 campaign, the club's first ever in La Liga.

Nano was signed by Real Betis in 2005. He was set to have a promising season before being injured in the UEFA Champions League group stage match against Chelsea at the Manuel Ruiz de Lopera on 11 November, in his first and only appearance in the competition, as he was ruled out of action for five months; he also appeared in one UEFA Cup game and made 14 league appearances in his first year, and played a further 21 contests for a team that finished 16th in 2006–07.

Established as first-choice stopper alongside veteran Juanito in the 2007–08 campaign, Nano scored in the first matchday against Recreativo de Huelva (1–1 away draw), but suffered a severe knee injury against Deportivo de La Coruña on 16 September 2007, which made him miss six months of action. Upon return from injury he netted another important goal for the Andalusians, in a 1–1 tie at former club Getafe on 18 May 2008.

On 1 September 2008 a one-year loan deal was agreed, as Nano joined Real Valladolid in a season-long move. He appeared scarcely throughout his spell, as both stopper and left back, and his return to Betis would be even more unassuming as it consisted of one league match (18 minutes), with the club failing to return to the top division.

In August 2010, aged 30, Nano signed with Levante UD. An automatic first-choice during his first season, he scored in a 2–0 home win against Atlético Madrid on 4 December.

Nano started in all the games for the Valencian Community side during the first half of 2011–12, as it spent the vast majority of that period in UEFA Champions League qualification positions. In very late January 2012, however, he was sold to Guizhou Renhe F.C. in the Chinese Super League.

Nano announced his retirement in February 2014.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 16 April 2017

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Getafe B		16 June 2016	Present	34	15	7	12	44	30	+14	044.12
Total				34	15	7	12	44	30	+14	044.12

External links

• Nano Rivas at BDFutbol
• Nano Rivas at Soccerway