Blas Riveros

Blas Miguel Riveros Galeano (born 3 February 1998) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Danish Superliga club Brondby IF and the Paraguay national team.

Club Career

Olimpia Asuncion

Riveros started his professional career with Olimpia Asuncion in the Primera Division Paraguaya after coming through their youth system. He lifted the Primera Division title with the club in 2015.

Basel

On 4 May 2016, FC Basel announced that they had signed Riveros on a five-year deal. Due to Riveros' commitments with the Paraguay national football team in the Copa America, he was not expected to join the Basel first team until the beginning of July. Riveros made his debut for his new team on 15 October 2016 in the home game against Luzern. The game ended with a 3–0 victory and Riveros played the full game.

In the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League group stage Riveros played in each of the six matches as the Basel U-19 team qualified for the knock-out round.

Under trainer Urs Fischer Riveros won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.

Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Region 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zurich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgic netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. played in three cup games

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