Pepe Reina
Pepe Reina, 2011
José Manuel " Pepe" Reina Páez ( born August 31, 1982 in Madrid ) is a Spanish football goalkeeper, who is active in Napoli in the Spanish national football team since 2013. He is the son of the former Spanish international goalkeeper Miguel Reina.
Career
Club career
FC Barcelona
Although he was born in Madrid, Reina began his professional career with FC Barcelona. Here he was at the age of 18 years, made his debut as a professional and came in two years at Barcelona on a total of 30 missions.
Villareal
In order to gain match practice he joined in 2002 initially on loan, and since 2004 permanently to Spanish side Villarreal. In the season 2004/2005 he reached with Villarreal a Champions League place. This season, he held seven of nine scoring penalties, which he earned a reputation as a " Penalty Killer".
Liverpool FC
For the season 2005/2006 Reina moved again, this time in the Premier League for Liverpool. Here he ousted Jerzy Dudek, one of the heroes of the Champions League final of 2005, from the position of the root goalkeeper. In his first season he won the FA Cup with Liverpool in a penalty shoot-out against West Ham and the European Super Cup against CSKA Moscow. In the subsequent 2006/2007 season he reached with Liverpool's Champions League final, but there had to admit defeat to AC Milan. On 9 April 2010 the keeper extended his contract for another 6 years until 30 June 2016. At the end of the season 2009/2010 he was elected by the fans of " Reds " player of the season.
Napoli
For the 2013/14 season Reina moved on loan to the Italian Serie A for Napoli. After the signing of Simon Mignolet Reina would have threatened the bank one year before the World Cup 2014.
National
Pepe Reina was on 17 August 2005 his debut for the Spanish national football team during a friendly match against Uruguay, which Spain won 2-0. He was also in Spain's squad for the 2006 World Cup, but came as third goalkeeper behind Iker Casillas and Santiago Cañizares not used.
In 2008, Reina took part in the European Championship with Spain in Austria and Switzerland, where it was after a 1-0 victory in the final against Germany European champions. It came in this tournament to an insert in the 2-1 win against Greece.
In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as the second goalkeeper Reina was world champion, but came to no use.
Achievements
In the club:
- UI-Cup (2): 2003, 2004
- UEFA Super Cup ( 1): 2005
- FA Cup ( 1): 2006
- FA Community Shield ( 1): 2006
- League Cup (1 ): 2012
In the National Team:
- U-16 European Championship ( 1): 1999
- European Champion ( 2): 2008 and 2012
- World Champion (1 ): 2010
Private
Pepe Reina is married to his longtime girlfriend Yolanda Ruiz in 2006. The couple has two daughters ( born February 2007 and July 2008) and a son (* May 2011).