Carlos Rivas

Carlos Humberto Rivas Torres (born 24 May 1953) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career Rivas was a midfielder for Colo-Colo in 136 official games over five seasons, and he scored 40 goals during that time. While he was on the team, the team won two national championships (1979 and 1981) and two Polla Gol championships (1981 and 1982). The remainder of the 1983 season he played in the National Soccer League with Dinamo Latino, and played once more with the club during the 1985 season. Rivas served as an assistant under Dave Turner in 1986, but still performed as a player for the Toronto Blizzard in the National Soccer League.

In late 1986, he signed with league rivals Toronto Italia. In 1987, he served as a player-coach in the National Soccer League with Chile Lindo. On 26 August 1987, he was suspended from the league for four years for his participation in a brawl between Chile and Windsor Wheels.

Rivas also represented the Chile national team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. In 1987, he served as a player-coach in the National Soccer League with Chile Lindo. He founded the CR Soccer Academy in Southern Ontario.

He is the son-in-law of Adán Godoy, a Chilean former international goalkeeper, with whom he coincided in Santiago Morning in 1977.

Honours Player Colo-Colo Chilean Primera División (2): 1979, 1981 Copa Polla Gol (2): 1981, 1982 Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores (1): 1982

Edmonton Eagles Canadian Professional Soccer League (1): 1983