Iosu Rivas

Iosu Rivas
Personal information
Full name Iosu Rivas Carranza
Date of birth (1983-01-20) 20 January 1983
Place of birth San Sebastián, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Burgos (assistant)
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Real Sociedad B 101 (0)
2006–2007 Cartagena 30 (0)
2007–2008 Pontevedra 16 (0)
2008–2009 Ciudad Santiago 23 (0)
2009–2010 Amurrio
Total 170 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Berio (assistant)
2018–2022 Real Sociedad C (assistant)
2022–2025 Real Sociedad B (assistant)
2025 Real Sociedad B
2025 Real Sociedad (assistant)
2026– Burgos (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iosu Rivas Carranza (born 20 January 1983) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is the current assistant manager of Burgos CF.

Playing career

Rivas was born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, and was a youth product of hometown side Real Sociedad. Promoted to the reserves in Tercera División in 2002,[1] he was a regular starter during the season as the side achieved promotion to Segunda División B.[2] He left the club in January 2006, after failing to make a breakthrough in the first team, and moved to fellow third division side Cartagena.

Rivas played in the third and fourth divisions in the following years, representing Pontevedra, Ciudad Santiago[3] and Amurrio, retiring with the latter in 2010 at the age of 27.

Coaching career

After retiring, Rivas returned to his first club Real Sociedad, working in the Juvenil B squad (named Easo) before becoming an assistant of Iñigo Cortés at farm team Berio in 2014.[4] In 2015, he moved to China to work in the methodology of a project to improve the country's footballing infrastructure,[5] before returning to his home country in the following year to become Mikel Ferradas' assistant at the Txuri-urdin's Infantil side.[6]

In July 2018, Rivas was appointed manager of the Infantil Txiki squad of Real Sociedad,[7] but left the side in December to join Sergio Francisco's staff in the C-team, as his assistant.[8] He followed Sergio Francisco to the B's in 2022,[9] before becoming the manager of the reserve side on 25 April 2025, after Sergio Francisco was promoted to the first team.[10]

On 23 June 2025, after leading Sanse back to Segunda División after a three-year absence, Rivas left the role to join Sergio Francisco's staff in the first team, again as his assistant.[11] He left the club on 13 December, after the manager's dismissal.[12]

Managerial statistics

As of 23 June 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Real Sociedad B Spain 25 April 2025 23 June 2025 8422117+4050.00 [13]
Total 8422117+4050.00 —

References

  1. ↑ "Un filial rejuvenecido no exento de calidad" [A rejuvenated reserve team not lacking in quality] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 8 September 2002. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Historical file – Iosu Rivas Carranza". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Iosu Rivas y Daniel de Castro cierran la plantilla" [Iosu Rivas and Daniel de Castro complete the squad] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Seis juveniles jugarán en el Berio FT" [Six juveniles will play at Berio FT] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Sentando cátedra en China" [Setting the standard in China] (in Spanish). Vavel. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Organigrama técnico del fútbol base" [Technical organizational chart of youth football] (in Spanish). Vavel. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Iñigo Cortés coge el Easo" [Iñigo Cortés takes over Easo] (in Spanish). Noticias de Gipuzkoa. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "La Real Sociedad redefine la estructura de Zubieta" [Real Sociedad redefine the structure of Zubieta] (in Spanish). EITB. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Arrancan los potrillos" [The foals start up] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Sergio Francisco has been appointed as the first team's head coach". Real Sociedad. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "Iosu Rivas, tras el ascenso del Sanse: "Me quedo con la fuerza y la creencia de este grupo"" [Iosu Rivas, after Sanse's promotion: "I am left with the strength and belief of this group"] (in Spanish). Noticias de Gipuzkoa. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Sergio Francisco will no longer lead the first team". Real Sociedad. 13 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "Matches Iosu Rivas, 2024–25 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
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