Filiberto Rivera

Filiberto Rivera, known as Fili, was born on 28 September 1982 and is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player who plays for Gigantes de Carolina in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. He has played in the NCAA, the NJCAA and internationally in Germany and Italy, and was an early member of the Puerto Rican national team. He was named Rookie of the Year of the Puerto Rican league in 2000. At Southeastern Community College in Iowa he was an NJCAA First Team All-American and Junior College Player of the Year in 2002-03, helping the team to a 37-1 record and the national title. At the University of Texas at El Paso he was a First Team All-WAC selection and WAC Tournament MVP. He represented Puerto Rico at the 2006 Basketball World Championship and the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, where the team won gold.