José Manuel Reina

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Personal information
José Reina
Image:Pepe Reina.jpg
Full name	José Manuel Reina Páez
Date of birth	31 August, 1982
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Nickname	Pepe
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Liverpool
Number	25
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1999-2001 2000-2002 2002-2005 2005-	FC Barcelona B FC Barcelona Villarreal CF Liverpool	41 (0) 30 (0) 109 (0) 33 (0)
National team**
2005-	Spain	5 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2006.

José Manuel Reina Páez (born 31 August 1982 in Madrid), is commonly known as Pepe Reina (his preferred nickname), or José Reina. He is a Spanish goalkeeper, son of famed Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Miguel Reina Santos, and currently plays club football for Liverpool F.C..

1 Career
2 Statistics
3 Career Honours
- 3.1 Honours As Player
  - 3.1.1 Image:Flag of Spain.svg Villarreal
  - 3.1.2 Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Liverpool
4 References

[edit] Career

Although he was born in Madrid, Reina started his career with Barcelona. He made his debut for the Catalan team at the age of 18. Most Liverpool fans won't remember, but he played against them in the 2001 UEFA Cup semi-final.

To get some first team football he joined Villarreal on loan in 2002. The switch was made permanent in 2004 and Reina helped Villareal to secure a Champions League position at the end of the 2004–05 season, saving seven out of nine spot kicks.

He was signed by Liverpool from Villarreal in July 2005, with manager Rafael Benítez hailing him as "the best goalkeeper in Spain". Reina made his Liverpool debut against TNS in the 1st qualifying round for the 2005–06 Champions League.

For the 2005–06 season Reina has took over as Liverpool's first choice goalkeeper, relegating 2005 Champions League hero Jerzy Dudek to the bench. Also at the start of the season Reina made his international debut for Spain in a friendly match against Uruguay on 17 August 2005. Spain won 2-0.

The season turned out to be a successful one for Liverpool as they improved upon the previous season's league placing and won the FA Cup. It was also a huge success personally for Reina as he notched up various new Liverpool records. On 3 December 2005 Reina kept his sixth consecutive clean sheet against Wigan in the Premiership to break the Liverpool club record for successive clean sheets in the Premiership era. He surpassed David James' record of five games from the 1996–97 season. Reina's incredible run ended at eight league games when Everton's James Beattie headed past him into the Liverpool net in Liverpool's 3-1 win over their Merseyside rivals on 28 December 2005.

A big talking point in the season occurred on 5th February 2006 in a league game against Chelsea. Reina, having made a clumsy challenge on Eidur Gudjohnsen moments earlier, was controversially sent off for putting his hand on Arjen Robben's face, who fell down somewhat easily and theatrically. Liverpool ended up losing the game 2-0 and Reina was given a three match ban. The media however roundly condemed Robben.

On 16 April 2006 Reina celebrated his 50th appearance for Liverpool by keeping a clean sheet against Blackburn. As a result he holds a Liverpool record for the fewest number of goals conceded by a 'keeper in their first fifty games. The previous record was held by Ray Clemence in 1970–71 for conceding only 32 goals, while Pepe conceded only 29.

In May 2006 Reina was awarded the Premier League's golden Gloves award for keeping 20 clean sheets in the 2005-06 season. His performances put him ahead of Manchester United's Dutch keeper Edwin van der Sar (18) and the previous year's winner Petr Cech of Chelsea (17).<ref>Reina wins Golden Gloves. Retrieved on 11 May, 2006.</ref>

In the final domestic game of the season — the FA Cup final on 13 May 2006 — Reina was both a villain and a hero as Liverpool defeated West Ham United. During the normal time Reina made a number of errors to allow the Hammers to lead 3-2. Steven Gerrard saved Reina's blushes with a late equaliser, and then Reina made a crucial save in extra-time. The match ended 3-3 and went to penalties, where Reina lived up to his penalty saving reputation as he saved three out of four penalties. Liverpool won the cup and Reina was a hero again.

Early 2006/07 season saw Reina being in the center of series of blunders and shakey Liverpool defence. This is contrast to the strong defence being put forward by Liverpool side the season before. Most notable one happened on the 9th of September 2006 in the Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park, Reina had a torrid time, but it was in the final minute of the game that he decided to 'drop' the ball onto the head of Everton striker Andy Johnson, Johnson scored with his head and it summed up Reina's day, this laughable mistake cost Liverpool and Everton won 3-0 in a historic win. As the season progresses, Reina seems to be slowly picking up his fantastic form left by the end of 2005/06 season.

[edit] Statistics

Cl.S. = Clean sheets

**Club Performance**
Club	Season	Premiership		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Others		Total
Club	Season	App	Cl.S.	App	Cl.S.	App	Cl.S.	App	Cl.S.	App	Cl.S.	App	Cl.S.
Liverpool FC	2006-07	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
Liverpool FC	2005-06	33	20	5	2	0	0	13	7	2	1	53	30
Total		33	20	5	2	0	0	14	7	3	1	55	30
Club	Season	La Liga		Spanish Cup		-		Europe		Others		Total
Club	Season	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Villarreal	2004-05	38	0	0	0	-	-	19	0	0	0	57	0
	2003-04	38	0	0	0	-	-	15	0	0	0	53	0
	2002-03	33	0	0	0	-	-	4	0	0	0	37	0
FC Barcelona	2001-02	11	0	1	0	-	-	4	0	0	0	16	0
FC Barcelona	2000-01	19	0	7	0	-	-	7	0	0	0	33	0
FC Barcelona B	2000-01	11	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	11	0
FC Barcelona B	1999-00	30	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	30	0
Overall Total		213	0	12	0	0	0	63	0	3	0	292	0

[edit] Career Honours

[edit] Honours As Player

[edit] Image:Flag of Spain.svg Villarreal

Winner

2003-04 UEFA Intertoto Cup
2004-05 UEFA Intertoto Cup

[edit] Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Liverpool

Winner

Runner Up

2005 FIFA Club World Championship

[edit] References

Image:Flag of Spain.svg	Spain squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup	Image:Flag of Spain.svg
1 Casillas \| 2 Salgado \| 3 Pernía \| 4 Marchena \| 5 Puyol \| 6 Albelda \| 7 Raúl \| 8 Xavi \| 9 Torres \| 10 Reyes \| 11 García \| 12 López \| 13 Iniesta \| 14 Alonso \| 15 Ramos \| 16 Senna \| 17 Joaquín \| 18 Fàbregas \| 19 Cañizares \| 20 Juanito \| 21 Villa \| 22 Pablo \| 23 Reina \| Coach: Aragonés