Pepe Reina

(José Manuel Reina Páez)

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Born
1982 (44 years old)
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Madrid, Spain

Position
Goalkeeper

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
White

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Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight
92 kg (203 lb)

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Soccer

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José Manuel "Pepe" Reina Páez (born 31 August 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the current manager of Villarreal CF's Juvenil A squad.

The son of famed Barcelona and Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Miguel Reina, Pepe Reina began his career with the Barcelona youth team and made his La Liga debut in the 2000–01 season. He signed for Villarreal in 2002, winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup twice. Reina moved on to Liverpool and made his debut in the 2005 UEFA Super Cup, which Liverpool won. He instantly became first-choice goalkeeper and went on to win both the FA Cup – where he saved three out of four West Ham United penalties in the final – and the FA Community Shield. In 2007, he reached the Champions League final with Liverpool, matching the feat achieved by his father in 1974, but Liverpool lost to AC Milan.

Following eight consecutive seasons as Liverpool's first-choice keeper, Reina spent the 2013–14 season on loan at Napoli, where he was reunited with Rafael Benítez, the coach who signed him to play for Liverpool in 2005. During his loan tenure in Naples, Reina was part of the side that won the Coppa Italia in 2014. Reina then completed a permanent move to Bayern Munich in 2014, where he was the second-choice keeper for behind Manuel Neuer. Reina returned to Napoli on a permanent deal in 2015, where he remained until 2018 when he signed for Milan. In January 2020, he completed a loan move to Aston Villa, before returning to Serie A with Lazio in August 2020. After two seasons at Lazio followed by another stint with Villarreal, Reina joined Como in 2024, where he finished his career.

Reina made the fourth-highest number of appearances by a Spanish player in the Premier League, with more than 200 appearances in just his first five seasons, 108 of the 219 appearances being clean sheets. In the 2010–11 season, he kept his 100th Premier League clean sheet for Liverpool in a 3–0 win over Aston Villa.

At international level, Reina played for Spain's youth team, winning the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in 1999. He made his senior debut in 2005, and was generally selected as the second-choice keeper behind Iker Casillas and David de Gea. He was part of the Spain squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and made one appearance in their victorious UEFA Euro 2008 campaign, earning him his first international honour. He was later part of the Spain squads that won their first ever World Cup in 2010 and their third UEFA European Championship in 2012, as well as featuring at the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.

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German Bundesliga	Bayern Munich	2014-2015
Italian Coppa Italia	Napoli	2013-2014
UEFA European Championship	Liverpool	2012
English Football League Cup	Liverpool	2011-2012
FIFA World Cup	Spain	2010
UEFA European Championship	Liverpool	2008
English Premier League Golden Glove	Liverpool	2007-2008
English Premier League Golden Glove	Liverpool	2006-2007
English FA Community Shield	Liverpool	2006
English Premier League Golden Glove	Liverpool	2005-2006
English FA Cup	Liverpool	2005-2006
UEFA Super Cup	Liverpool	2005

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Former Youth Teams

Barcelona	1995-1999	Youth	-	-

Former Senior Teams

Barcelona Atlètic	1999-2000	Permanent	41 app	0 gls
Barcelona	2000-2002	Permanent	30 app	0 gls
Villarreal	2002-2005	Permanent	109 app	0 gls
Liverpool	2005-2014	Permanent	285 app	0 gls
Spain	2005-2017	International	-	-
Napoli	2013-2014	Loan	30 app	0 gls
Bayern Munich	2014-2015	Permanent	3 app	0 gls
Napoli	2015-2018	Permanent	111 app	0 gls
Milan	2018-2020	Permanent	5 app	0 gls
Aston Villa	2020	Loan	12 app	0 gls
Lazio	2020-2022	Permanent	44 app	0 gls
Villarreal	2022-2024	Permanent	24 app	0 gls
Como	2024-2025	Permanent	12 app	0 gls