José María Rivas

Nicknamed Mandingo, Rivas played several years for Independiente De San Vicente and Atlético Marte, with whom he won a League Championship in 1985. In 1990, he joined San Pedro of Belize and after leaving them had short spells at the end of his career in the Salvadoran second division with Huracán and Cojutepeque. He won the 1985 Top league goal scorer award and also won the Golden Boot and Golden Ball in that year.

The moustached Rivas made his official debut for El Salvador in a March 1980 friendly match against Panama, played in 17 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and featured in all three of El Salvador's games at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He scored 19 goals for the El Salvador national football team from 1980 to 1989. He scored 42 goals in 97 matches including non-official games. His final international game was a November 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the United States in St. Louis.