In summer 1997, following rumours of a transfer to Manchester United earlier in February, Ríos was signed by Athletic Bilbao for 2 billion pesetas, a then-record for a national player.[2] In his first season, he netted twice in 32 games (including once in a 5–1 home win over CP Mérida, on 21 December 1997)[3] as the Basque side finished runners-up in La Liga.
After spending the first months of the 2002–03 campaign without a club and having totalled only 27 appearances in his last three years at Athletic, Ríos trained with West Bromwich Albion. However, in January 2003 he rejected a contract offer from the Gary Megson-led team, stating "I don't want to fool anyone" about his chances of regaining full fitness.[4]
Ríos retired aged 30, due to persistent injury problems.[5] He returned to Betis in 2010, as part of newly appointed manager Pepe Mel's coaching staff.[6][7]
International careeredit
Ríos was capped 11 times by Spain,[8] with his debut coming on 9 October 1996 in a 0–0 away draw against the Czech Republic in the 1998 FIFA World Cupqualifiers.[9] In spite of having appeared significantly during the campaign and coming from a solid club season with Athletic, he was overlooked for the final stages in France.[10]
Personal lifeedit
Ríos' father, Eusebio, was also a footballer and a defender. He too played most of his career at Betis, and later managed the club.[11]
^Bilbao Ríos 2000; El Desmarque, 29 October 2015 (in Spanish)
^Pepe Mel negocia con Chivas (Pepe Mel negotiates with Chivas); Diario AS, 27 September 2014 (in Spanish)
^Ríos: “No me veo como primer entrenador; mi intención es estar muchos años con Mel” (Ríos: "I do not see myself as head coach; I intend to spend many years with Mel"); ABC, 7 October 2015 (in Spanish)
^Roberto Ríos, el hombre de los 2.000 millones (Roberto Ríos, the 2.000 million man); La Provincia, 6 March 2019 (in Spanish)
^La nueva España aguó la fiesta checa (New Spain crashed Czech party); La Vanguardia, 10 October 1996 (in Spanish)
^Alfonso: «Me extraña lo de Ríos» (Alfonso: "I find that Ríos stuff strange"); El País, 8 May 1998 (in Spanish)
^Fallece a los 73 años Eusebio Ríos (Eusebio Ríos dies at the age of 73); Diario de Sevilla, 12 May 2008 (in Spanish)
External linksedit
Roberto Ríos at BDFutbol
Betisweb stats and bio (in Spanish) at archive.today (archived 19 August 2013)
roberto, ríos, argentine, senator, argentine, politician, puerto, rican, olympic, basketball, player, basketball, cuban, artist, roberto, Álvarez, ríos, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, ríos, second, maternal, family, name, patus, patus, born, oc. For Argentine senator see Roberto Rios Argentine politician For the Puerto Rican Olympic basketball player see Roberto Rios basketball For the Cuban artist see Roberto Alvarez Rios In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Rios and the second or maternal family name is Patus Roberto Rios Patus born 8 October 1971 is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a central defender Roberto RiosRios training with Betis in 2010Personal informationFull nameRoberto Rios PatusDate of birth 1971 10 08 8 October 1971 age 52 Place of birthBilbao SpainHeight1 93 m 6 ft 4 in Position s Centre backYouth career1986 1990BetisSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1990 1992Betis B24 3 1992 1997Betis114 11 1997 2002Athletic Bilbao78 4 Total216 18 International career1991Spain U192 0 1993 1994Spain U212 0 1996 1998Spain11 0 1996 1997Basque Country4 0 Managerial career2010 2013Betis assistant 2014West Bromwich Albion assistant 2014 2016Betis assistant 2017Deportivo La Coruna assistant 2019 2020Las Palmas assistant Medal record Men s footballRepresenting SpainUEFA European Under 21 Championship1994 France Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Personal life 4 Honours 5 References 6 External linksClub career editAlthough Basque born in Bilbao Rios emerged through the youth system of Real Betis making his professional debut in the Segunda Division in the 1992 93 season 1 He went on to contribute importantly in the Andalusians promotion the following year although appearing in only 19 matches he scored four times and become a regular first team member onwards In summer 1997 following rumours of a transfer to Manchester United earlier in February Rios was signed by Athletic Bilbao for 2 billion pesetas a then record for a national player 2 In his first season he netted twice in 32 games including once in a 5 1 home win over CP Merida on 21 December 1997 3 as the Basque side finished runners up in La Liga After spending the first months of the 2002 03 campaign without a club and having totalled only 27 appearances in his last three years at Athletic Rios trained with West Bromwich Albion However in January 2003 he rejected a contract offer from the Gary Megson led team stating I don t want to fool anyone about his chances of regaining full fitness 4 Rios retired aged 30 due to persistent injury problems 5 He returned to Betis in 2010 as part of newly appointed manager Pepe Mel s coaching staff 6 7 International career editRios was capped 11 times by Spain 8 with his debut coming on 9 October 1996 in a 0 0 away draw against the Czech Republic in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 9 In spite of having appeared significantly during the campaign and coming from a solid club season with Athletic he was overlooked for the final stages in France 10 Personal life editRios father Eusebio was also a footballer and a defender He too played most of his career at Betis and later managed the club 11 Honours editSpain U21 UEFA European Championship third place 1994References edit El Betis supo marcar las diferencias en Sestao Betis knew how to make a difference in Sestao ABC 14 September 1992 in Spanish Rios y el Athletic pasan a la historia Rios and Athletic make history El Mundo 20 July 1997 in Spanish Fin de ano con goleada Rout to end the year El Mundo 22 December 1997 in Spanish Rios snubs Baggies BBC Sport 21 January 2003 Bilbao Rios 2000 El Desmarque 29 October 2015 in Spanish Pepe Mel negocia con Chivas Pepe Mel negotiates with Chivas Diario AS 27 September 2014 in Spanish Rios No me veo como primer entrenador mi intencion es estar muchos anos con Mel Rios I do not see myself as head coach I intend to spend many years with Mel ABC 7 October 2015 in Spanish Roberto Rios el hombre de los 2 000 millones Roberto Rios the 2 000 million man La Provincia 6 March 2019 in Spanish La nueva Espana aguo la fiesta checa New Spain crashed Czech party La Vanguardia 10 October 1996 in Spanish Alfonso Me extrana lo de Rios Alfonso I find that Rios stuff strange El Pais 8 May 1998 in Spanish Fallece a los 73 anos Eusebio Rios Eusebio Rios dies at the age of 73 Diario de Sevilla 12 May 2008 in Spanish External links editRoberto Rios at BDFutbol Betisweb stats and bio in Spanish at archive today archived 19 August 2013 Roberto Rios at Athletic Bilbao Roberto Rios at National Football Teams com Roberto Rios FIFA competition record archived Roberto Rios at EU Football info Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roberto Rios amp oldid 1213252343, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
