Feliciano Rivilla

Feliciano Rivilla
Rivilla in 1962
Personal information
Full name Feliciano Muñoz Rivilla
Date of birth (1936-08-21)21 August 1936
Place of birth Ávila, Spain
Date of death 6 November 2017(2017-11-06) (aged 81)
Place of death Madrid, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Ávila
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1953 Ávila
1953–1954 Murcia 11 (0)
1954–1968 Atlético Madrid 248 (4)
1955–1956Plus Ultra (loan) 26 (14)
1956–1958Rayo Vallecano (loan) 71 (11)
Total 352 (29)
International career
1959 Spain U21 1 (0)
1960–1965 Spain 26 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
European Nations' Cup
Winner 1964 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Feliciano Muñoz Rivilla (21 August 1936 – 6 November 2017) was a Spanish 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 edition of La Liga.[1]

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

  1. ^ Guijarro, Miguel Ángel (14 December 2004). "Nobleza y clase de un lateral que creó escuela" [Nobility and class of a fullback that set a standard] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2011.