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My Take
Vivas fascinates me less as a star and more as a survivor. A 166 cm right-back from near Rosario who wore both Boca and River shirts, then crossed into Europe with Arsenal, Inter and Celta, he clearly lived on intelligence and grit rather than physique. To me, the most telling fact is his second life as an Atletico Madrid assistant coach. Players who keep thinking tactically into retirement usually had a manager's brain all along, and I suspect Vivas spent his playing days reading the game far ahead of his feet. Quietly impressive, the kind of professional I admire most.
Overview
Nelson David Vivas (born 18 October 1969) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is assistant coach of La Liga club Atlético Madrid. Vivas played for Quilmes, Boca Juniors and River Plate in his native Argentina, Swiss club Lugano, Arsenal in the Premier League, Spanish outfit Celta Vigo and Italian Serie A side Inter Milan.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nelson Vivas
- Name (Japanese)
- ネルソン・ビバス
- Reading
- ねるそん・びばす
- Born
- October 18, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rooster
- Origin
- Granadero Baigorria, Rosario Department, Argentina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 166 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.