Feliciano Rivilla

Feliciano Muñoz Rivilla (21 August 1936 – 6 November 2017) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a right-back.

He spent the better part of his 16-year senior career with Atlético Madrid, playing 356 competitive games and scoring seven goals. He won four major honours with that club, including the 1965–66 La Liga.

A Spain international in the 60s, Rivilla represented the nation in two World Cups and the 1964 European Championship, winning the latter tournament.

Club career Born in Ávila, Castile and León, Rivilla started playing football with local Real Ávila CF, moving to Real Murcia CF from Segunda División at the age of 17. At the end of the season he signed with La Liga club Atlético Madrid, who them loaned him for three years to Plus Ultra and Rayo Vallecano, with both teams hailing from the Community of Madrid and competing in the second tier and where he featured mostly as a winger. He scored his first league goal the following 1 February, in a 3–3 away draw with Sevilla FC.

Already reconverted to a right back, Rivilla was an undisputed starter for the Colchoneros in the following years, notably winning two Copa del Generalísimo trophies and the 1966 national championship, contributing one goal from 24 appearances to the latter conquest. Additionally, he featured in nine games in the team's victorious campaign in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup of 1961–62. He only played once in the 1962 FIFA World Cup due to a foot fracture, but was the starter when the country won the 1964 European Nations' Cup held on home soil. His grandson, Álvaro Muñoz, played professional basketball.

Honours Atlético Madrid La Liga: 1965–66