Jose Manuel "Pepe" Reina Paez is a goalkeeper for La Liga club Villarreal.
46 Facts About Pepe Reina
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Pepe Reina signed for Villarreal in 2002, winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup twice.
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Pepe Reina then completed a permanent move to Bayern Munich in 2014, where he was the second-choice keeper for behind Manuel Neuer.
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Pepe Reina returned to Napoli on a permanent deal in 2015, where he remained until 2018 when he signed for Milan.
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At international level, Pepe Reina played for Spain's youth team, winning the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in 1999.
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Pepe Reina made his senior debut in 2005, and has generally been selected as the second-choice keeper behind Iker Casillas and David de Gea.
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Pepe Reina 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.
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Pepe Reina 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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Pepe Reina has made the 4th 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.
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The son of former Barcelona goalkeeper Miguel Reina, Pepe Reina began his football career in the youth academy of Barcelona, La Masia, in 1995.
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In July 2002, Pepe Reina joined Villarreal and went on to spend three seasons with the Valencian club.
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Pepe Reina was signed by Liverpool from Villarreal in July 2005, with manager Rafael Benitez hailing him as "the best goalkeeper in Spain".
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At the start of the season on 17 August 2005, Pepe Reina made his international debut for Spain in a friendly against Uruguay.
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On 3 December 2005, Pepe Reina kept his sixth consecutive clean sheet against Wigan Athletic in the Premier League, to break the Liverpool club record for successive clean sheets in the Premier League.
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Pepe Reina broke Liverpool's clean sheet record in all competitions, with 11 between October and December 2005.
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On 16 April 2006, Pepe Reina celebrated his 50th appearance for Liverpool by keeping a clean sheet against Blackburn Rovers.
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Pepe Reina repeated his good form in the second leg, keeping a clean sheet.
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Three weeks later in Athens, Pepe Reina became only the third player to follow in his father's footsteps by appearing in a European Cup final.
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Pepe Reina signed a new five-year contract Liverpool on 7 June 2007.
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On 2 February 2008, Pepe Reina became the quickest goalkeeper in Liverpool history to reach 50 clean sheets.
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Pepe Reina played all 38 Premier League matches for Liverpool and won his third consecutive Golden Glove award with 18 clean sheets.
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On 22 March 2009, Pepe Reina kept his 100th clean sheet for Liverpool in a Premier League match against Aston Villa.
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Pepe Reina tied with Chelsea's Petr Cech for the Golden Glove award for the season, but Cech was awarded the trophy with a superior goals-to-game ratio.
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Pepe Reina captained the team in Europa League matches against Napoli and Steaua Bucuresti due to the absences of Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher.
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On 9 May 2011, Pepe Reina played his 150th consecutive league match for Liverpool.
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Pepe Reina announced on 3 September 2011 that he wanted to stay at Liverpool for another five or six years.
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On 26 February 2012, Pepe Reina won his second major honour with Liverpool, beating Cardiff City on penalties in the 2012 League Cup final.
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Pepe Reina's suspension ended his streak of 183 consecutive Premier League appearances which had begun in August 2007.
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Pepe Reina subsequently expressed his disappointment that Liverpool agreed the loan with Napoli before informing him.
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Pepe Reina had made 394 appearances for Liverpool prior to the loan.
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On 8 August 2014, Liverpool confirmed Pepe Reina had joined the Bundesliga club Bayern Munich on a three-year deal, bringing an eight-year spell with the club to an end.
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Pepe Reina wore the number 23 shirt for Bayern, the same number he wears for the Spain national team.
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On 15 May 2018, it was announced that Pepe Reina would move to Serie A rivals Milan on a Bosman transfer.
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On 8 July 2022, Pepe Reina returned to Villarreal on a season-long deal.
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Pepe Reina has been a regular in the Spain national team since 2005, mostly as second-choice keeper after Iker Casillas.
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Pepe Reina was part of the team that won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2008 and 2012 European Championships.
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Pepe Reina was a member of the Spanish squad which reached the last 16 of the 2006 World Cup, but did not play.
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Pepe Reina was in Spain's squad for the 2013 Confederations Cup, in which they reached the final.
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Pepe Reina is well known for his distribution, ball skills, technique, positioning, shot-stopping, leadership, and ability to save penalties; he has functioned as a "sweeper-keeper" on occasion throughout his career, due to his anticipation and speed when rushing off his line, as well as his ability to start plays or create chances from the back.
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Pepe Reina has set a number of goalkeeping records for Liverpool and won the Premier League Golden Glove award in his first three seasons at the club.
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Pepe Reina married his longtime girlfriend Yolanda Ruiz in Cordoba on 19 May 2006, before joining up with the Spain national squad for the 2006 World Cup.
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Pepe Reina was the former next door neighbour of Atletico Madrid striker and Spanish international teammate Fernando Torres.
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When he was at Liverpool, Pepe Reina was neighbours with teammate Luis Suarez.
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Pepe Reina was accused of trying to get free tickets for the Lo Russo Camorra clan.
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In May 2020, Pepe Reina drew attention for supporting the anti-lockdown protests by national conservative political party Vox amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.
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In July 2021, Pepe Reina was unmasked as a giant penguin on the Spanish version of the Masked Singer.