José Manuel Rey
Rey 2011 an international match
José Manuel Rey Cortegoso ( born May 20, 1975 in Caracas ) is a Venezuelan footballer who is currently at the Club Deportivo Lara under contract and most capped player of Venezuela's national soccer team with eleven goals in 113 games is.
His nicknames include Tetero, Gallego and bus.
Career
Rey played in his career at many different clubs, such as: Marítimo Venezuela, twice at CS Emelec FC Dundee FC Pontevedra, Atlético Nacional, AEK Larnaca, CSD Colo -Colo, AC Mineros de Guayana, a total of six times at Caracas FC and for his current club Club Deportivo Lara.
In 2009 he was loaned out to Colo -Colo and at play, he scored a hit by a kick in the Estadio Monumental David Arellano, the fact that the replacement free kick taker Luis Mena should shoot. After he said that the defense of Colo -Colo to be desired, it was always better, especially by the young players Sebastian Toro during the season. The fans were hoping that they could see such a beautiful free-kicks Rey in the long term, but the Caracas FC not sold it by the end of the loan period. He wondered again whether he should play the rest of his career in Europe, as many Venezuelan players abroad were already masters such as Rafael Dudamel, Giancarlo Maldonado and Juan Arango, but he decided against it and wants to end his career in Venezuela.
National
His international debut he graduated on June 8, 1997 at 1:1 with Bolivia to qualifying for the World Cup 1998. On 13 October 2007, he became a national hero by a spectacular free-kick goal from 45 meters in the 1-0 victory against Ecuador in qualifying for the world Cup 2010. It was the first defeat of Ecuador in Quito for six years.
On September 5, 2009, he fired again a free kick in a thrilling 2-2 draw against Chile. Although he was more than a year no longer used in the national team, he was still in the squad for the Copa América 2011. In the first few games but was not used. It was not until the second half of the semi-final against Paraguay he replaced. As in 120 minutes no team scored a goal, penalty kicks had to decide on the final. For the Venezuelan national team, this was the very first penalty shoot-out. As a second shooter Rey could turn as Franklin Lucena missed, Venezuela lost with 3:5 and met in the match for third place on Peru. Even with the 1:4 defeat against Peru, he was reinstated. The fourth place is but the best ever placing at the Copa.