Teresa Rivero

María Teresa Rivero de Sánchez-Romate, dowager marquess of Olivara (born 19 May 1935), is a Spanish businesswoman. She was the president of Rayo Vallecano from 1994 to 2011, succeeding her husband José María Ruiz-Mateos, and was the first woman to be a president of a La Liga football club. The club's Vallecas Stadium was named after her from 2004 to the club's sale to Raúl Martín Presa in 2011.

Biography Early life and family Rivero was born in Jerez de la Frontera as the youngest of eight children in a wealthy family. Her father was a lawyer, and her mother wished to raise her daughters to be housewives like her. Against her family's wishes, Rivero moved to Madrid at age 21 to study medicine. She studied at the house of a friend, whose brother José María Ruiz-Mateos began a relationship with her.

In 2002, Rivero signed Brazilian Milene Domingues, known as "Ronaldinha" for her relationship with Brazilian footballer Ronaldo who had moved to the Spanish capital to play for Real Madrid. The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) rules at the time prohibited foreign women from playing competitive games, but Domingues was signed to promote the club and other Ruiz-Mateos assets such as puddings. Rivero introduced Domingues by saying that she would "breed like a rabbit" like her and have twelve children, as she already had one.

In September 2018, Rivero was sentenced to seven years in prison and a fine of €17 million for tax fraud committed as president of Rayo Vallecano between 2009 and 2010.

The Ruiz-Mateos and Rivero era at Rayo Vallecano is documented in the 2021 RTVE series Ruiz-Mateos, el primer fenómeno viral.