Édson Rivera, Centre-Forward at Universidad Guadalajara

Centre-Forward · Forward

#7 Édson Rivera

Universidad Guadalajara Liga de Expansión MX · Mexico

Date of birth / Age: 4 Nov 1991 (34)
Height · Weight: 1.80 m · 78 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Centre-Forward
Citizenship: Mexico
Joined club: 1 Jul 2023

Date of birth / Age: 4 Nov 1991 (34)
Height · Weight: 1.80 m · 78 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Centre-Forward
Citizenship: Mexico
Joined club: 1 Jul 2023

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 26
Starting eleven: 19
Goals: 4
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 1
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,462

Starting eleven73%

19 of 26 appearances

Minutes played1,462

56 per appearance

Goal involvement5

4 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

287 matches · since 2014/15

RWLBLWDMAMCMCF

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Forward	108	30	2
Central Midfield	108	12	4
Attacking Midfield	36	8	2
Defensive Midfield	24	1	1
Other · LW, LB, RW	11	0	1

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · strikers with 900+ minutes

World rank: #2659; striker in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #926; among strikers aged 30+
In his league: 61%; of Liga de Expansión MX strikers rank below him
Finishing: +5.5; goals above expected · better than 95% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

20 Expected

14.5

111 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

3 Expected

2.7

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/26	Liga de Expansión MX	Universidad Guadalajara	26	19	4	1	1	0	0	1,462
2024/25	Liga de Expansión MX	Universidad Guadalajara	32	12	8	1	1	0	0	1,347
2023/24	Liga de Expansión MX	Universidad Guadalajara	34	32	18	1	2	0	1	2,270
2022/23	Liga de Expansión MX	Tepatitlán de Morelos	30	27	5	1	1	0	0	2,013
2021/22	Liga de Expansión MX	Tepatitlán de Morelos	27	23	2	2	1	0	0	2,127
2020/21	Liga de Expansión MX	Tepatitlán de Morelos	36	33	3	0	4	0	0	2,945
2019/20	Liga MX	Atlas	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	319
2019/20	U20 League	Atlas U20	4	4	4	–	4	–	0	353
2019/20	Copa MX	Atlas	5	4	0	–	0	–	0	335
2018/19	Liga de Expansión MX	Dorados	34	33	2	1	9	0	0	2,883
2017/18	Liga de Expansión MX	Dorados	10	28	1	1	3	0	0	615
2017/18	Copa MX	Dorados	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	90
2016/17	Liga MX	Atlas	12	3	2	0	2	0	0	399
2016/17	Copa MX	Atlas	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	232
2015/16	Liga MX	Santos Laguna	4	1	0	–	0	–	0	107
2015/16	Liga MX	Atlas	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	214
2015/16	Copa MX	Atlas	3	1	1	–	0	–	0	103
2015/16	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Santos Laguna	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	140
2014/15	Liga MX	Santos Laguna	11	0	0	–	0	–	0	117
2014/15	Liga MX	Atlas	10	1	0	–	1	–	0	188
2014/15	Copa MX	Atlas	6	5	1	–	0	–	0	450
2014/15	Copa MX	Santos Laguna	6	3	2	–	0	–	0	358
2013/14	Liga MX	Atlas	23	15	3	–	4	–	0	1,285
2013/14	Copa MX	Atlas	9	7	1	–	1	–	0	586
2012/13	Liga MX	Atlas	12	4	1	–	0	–	0	431
2012/13	Segunda Liga	Sporting Braga II	4	3	0	–	0	–	0	260
2012/13	Copa MX	Atlas	5	5	1	–	0	–	0	386
2011/12	Primeira Liga	Sporting Braga	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	60
2011/12	Taça da Liga	Sporting Braga	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	12
2011	FIFA U20 World Cup	Mexico U20	5	1	3	–	1	–	0	233
2011	CONCACAF U20	Mexico U20	5	0	1	–	0	–	0	163
2008/09	Liga de Expansión MX	Académicos	3	3	1	–	0	–	0	0

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			378	280	66	8^*	36	0^*	1	22,483

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Liga de Expansión MX	232	44	8
Liga MX	86	7	0
Copa MX	38	7	–
Mexico U20	10	4	–
Segunda Liga	4	0	–
U20 League	4	4	–
CONCACAF Champions Cup	2	0	–
Primeira Liga	1	0	–
Taça da Liga	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jun 2026 Jun 2026 · Free Agent Universidad Guadalajara – Free Agent
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Transfer Tepatitlán de Morelos Universidad Guadalajara Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2020 Jul 2020 · Transfer Atlas Tepatitlán de Morelos Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2019 Jun 2019 · Back from Loan Dorados Atlas Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Loan Atlas Dorados Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2016 Jan 2016 · Back from Loan Santos Laguna Atlas Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Dec 2014 Dec 2014 · Loan Atlas Santos Laguna Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2013 Jan 2013 · Transfer Sporting Braga Atlas Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2011 Aug 2011 · Free Transfer Atlas Sporting Braga Free Transfer

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