Federico Rivas Velázquez

In this Creeperian name, the first or paternal surname is Rivas and the second or maternal surname is Velázquez.

Federico Rivas Velázquez

Rivas Velázquez in 1930.
Personal information
Full name	Federico Rodolfo Rivas y Velázquez
Date of birth	11 January 1907
Place of birth	Teguracoa, Adolfosburg, Creeperopolis
Date of death	24 August 1972(1972-08-24) (aged 65)
Place of death	Adolfosburg, Adolfosburg, Creeperopolis
Playing position(s)	Right winger
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1924–1926	San Alfonso University	25	(24)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926	San Salvador	17	(14)
1927–1929	Adolfosburg	47	(30)
1930–1932	San Salvador	47	(32)
1926–1932	Total	111	(76)
National team
1928–1932	Creeperopolis	35	(15)
1936	Imperial Council	3	(9)
Teams managed
1951–1952	Creeperopolis
1953–1961	San Salvador
1962–1968	Adolfosburg
Honors Men's football Representing Creeperopolis (as player) Terraconservan Cup 1928 1932 Copa Sur 1930 Hispanic Cup 1929 1931 Representing Creeperopolis (as manager) Terraconservan Cup 1952
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Federico Rodolfo Rivas y Velázquez (11 January 1907 – 24 August 1972) was a Creeperian professional footballer and football manager, known for being one of the most successful players and managers in Creeperian and world football history.

Rivas Velázquez played his professional career for CF San Salvador and CF Adolfosburg, during which he won five Copa Creeperiano titles, four of which were consecutive between 1927 and 1930 with the fifth in 1932. He also played for the Creeperopolis national team, with which he competed at two Terraconservan Cups, winning one, one Copa Sur, which he won, and two Hispanic Cups, winning both.

He managed the Creeperopolis national team to second place in the 1952 Terraconservan Cup, after which he resigned to assume the position of manager of San Salvador in 1953. From 1953 until 1961, he led San Salvador to four Copa Creeperiano finals appearances, winning three of them. After 1961, Rivas Velázquez departed San Salvador to manage Adolfosburg, and from 1962 until his retirement in 1968, he led the club to seven consecutive Copa Creeperiano victories. He is the only manager in Liga Imperial history to win nine consecutive titles (1960–1961 with San Salvador, 1962–1968 with Adolfosburg).

Rivas Velázquez is considered to be one of the most important players in the history of the Creeperopolis national team, despite his professional career only spanning six years, and one of the most important managers in the history of the Liga Imperial.

Early life

Federico Rodolfo Rivas y Velázquez was born on 11 January 1907 in Teguracoa, Adolfosburg, Creeperopolis. His father was Guillermo Alexander Rivas y Herrera and his mother was María Guadeloupe Velázquez y Rodríguez de Rivas. He was youngest of four children, with his older siblings being Francisco, Carmen, and Esmeralda. At a young age, Rivas Velázquez became passionate about the sport of football, with his favorite club being CF Adolfosburg.

At the age of seventeen, he enrolled at the San Alfonso University to study law, but he also played on the university's football team. In his twenty five caps from 1924 to 1926, he accumulated twenty-four goals as a forward. His achievements in the sport, including winning the Creeperian National College Football Association in 1924 and 1926, garnered him the attention of some of Creeperopolis' professional football clubs. He was approached by CF San Salvador to play for their squad in the 1926 season, however, he wanted to play for Adolfosburg, the club he had loved during his childhood. He made a request to Adolfosburg to play for their squad, but when he was denied, he accepted San Salvador's one-year offer to play for their squad, dropping out of San Alfonso University and abandoning his studies.

Club career

Start at San Salvador

He began his professional football career at the age of nineteen. In his one year at the club, he played all seventeen matches of the season, scoring fourteen goals. The club reached the 1926 Copa Creeperiano but lost to CF La'Libertad by a score of 1–2. Rivas Velázquez scored San Salvador's lone goal of the match. After his year with the club was finished, the club offered him a five year extension, but by then Adolfosburg had seen the potential that Rivas Velázquez had. The club offered Rivas Velázquez a three year extension worth more than the one offered by San Salvador, and he accepted Adolfosburg's offer.

Three consecutive titles at Adolfosburg

Rivas Velázquez's first match with Adolfosburg of the 1927 season was against San Salvador, and he defeated his former team by a score of 3–0, scoring all of Adolfosburg's goals in his first ever hat-trick.

International career

Imperial–National Council matches

Rivas Velázquez (third standing from the left) on the date of the third match.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Creeperopolis' goal tally first.

No.	Cap	Date	Venue	Opponent	Goal	Result	Competition
1	1	7 June 1928	Montcrabe Cite Stade	Entropan	1–0	3–1	1928 Terraconservan Cup
2	3	16 June 1928		Tumland	1–1	1–1
3	4	18 June 1928		Salisford	1–0	3–0
4	6	26 June 1928		Castilliano	1–0	1–0
5	8	19 June 1930	Alexander Zaera Manzano Stadium	Rakeo	1–1	1–1	1930 Copa Sur
6	9	21 June 1930		Sequoyah	2–0	4–2
7					4–0
8	11	27 June 1930		Castilliano	1–0	4–0
9					3–0
10	12	2 July 1930		Montcrabe	1–0	1–0
11	13	14 June 1932	Campo de Alfonso	El Salvador	1–0	4–0	1932 Terraconservan Cup
12					3–0
13	15	27 June 1932		Paleocacher	2–0	2–0
14	19	15 July 1932		Tirol	1–0	2–3
15					2–2
16	20	19 June 1936	Stadium Bandung Lautan Api	National Council	1–0	11–4	Unofficial friendly
17					4–1
18					8–4
19					10–4
20	21	28 June 1936		National Council	1–0	4–9
21	22	6 July 1936		National Council	1–0	7–5
22					2–3
23					4–4
24					6–5

Honors

College

San Alfonso University

• Creeperian National College Football Association champion x2 (1924, 1926)

Club

San Salvador

• Copa Creeperiano champion x2 (1930, 1932)

Adolfosburg

• Copa Creeperiano champion x3 (1927, 1928, 1929)

International

Creeperopolis

• Terraconservan Cup champion (1928)
• Copa Sur champion (1930)
• Hispanic Cup champion (1929, 1931)

Managerial

San Salvador

• Copa Creeperiano champion x3 (1956, 1960, 1961)

Adolfosburg

• Copa Creeperiano champion x7 (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968)

See also

• List of Creeperopolis national football team managers
• List of CF Adolfosburg managers
• List of CF San Salvador managers