Quick Facts
Biography
Catalino Rivarola Méndez (born 30 April 1965 in Zabalhos, Asunción) is a former football defender from Paraguay.
Club
Rivarola started his club career with Cerro Porteño in 1985 and was part of the team that won the 1987 championship. In 1991, he joined Talleres de Córdoba in Argentina.
In 1995, he moved to Brazil where he was part of the Grêmio team that won several titles including the Recopa Sudamericana in 1995, in 1999 he played for Palmeiras in the season that they won the Copa Libertadores. He spent 2000 with América-RJ before returning to Paraguay in 2001 to play for Libertad.
International
Rivarola made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 7 September 1988 in a friendly match against Ecuador (5-1 win). He was capped 52 times and scored 3 goals for Paraguay in a national career which lasted from 1988 to 1998. Rivarola played at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the Copa América in 1989 and 1991.
Honours
Club
Cerro Porteño- Paraguayan Primera División: 1987
Grêmio- Copa Libertadores: 1995
- Campeonato Gaúcho: 1996
- Campeonato Brasileiro: 1996
- Recopa Sudamericana: 1996
- Copa do Brasil: 1997
- Palmeiras
- Copa Libertadores: 1999
