Ángel Eduardo Reyna Martínez (born 19 September 1984)[1] is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Ángel Reyna
Reyna with Mexico in 2010
Personal information
Full name Ángel Eduardo Reyna Martínez
Date of birth (1984-09-19) 19 September 1984 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Peluche Caligari (AKL) (Manager)
Youth career
América
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 San Luis 56 (10)
2007–2008 Necaxa 32 (3)
2008–2009 San Luis 8 (1)
2009–2011 América 89 (27)
2012 Monterrey 39 (7)
2013Pachuca (loan) 16 (5)
2013–2014 Veracruz 25 (8)
2014–2015 Guadalajara 29 (1)
2016–2018 Celaya 45 (15)
2017Veracruz (loan) 15 (1)
2018Toluca (loan) 14 (1)
2019 Veracruz 12 (0)
Total 380 (79)
International career
2010–2013 Mexico 25 (2)
Managerial career
2024– Peluche Caligari (AKL)
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Early career edit

Reyna came out of Club América's reserves but was given his professional debut at San Luis on 31 July 2005. He scored his first goal in the Primera División against Pumas UNAM on 5 February 2006. After his stint at San Luis, Reyna was signed by Club Necaxa.

Club América edit

On 18 December 2008, Reyna signed with Mexico City giants América, where he was "born" as a footballer, to be the new reinforcement for the Clausura 2009 season. His debut was against rivals Chivas Guadalajara in the InterLiga tournament where the match ended in a 1–1 draw.

For the Bicentenario 2010 season, after the shooting of Salvador Cabañas, Reyna became a reference player for the team and one of their top scorers, going on to score 7 goals in 16 appearances, including the 9000th goal in the history of the Estadio Azteca in a 2–2 draw with Pachuca.

On 3 April 2011, Reyna scored his first hat-trick for América in a 5–4 win against Puebla in the Clausura 2011 tournament. On 1 May 2011 after scoring the second goal in the 91' minute in the 2–0 win over home-side Pumas, he scored his 13th league goal, thus becoming goalscoring champion of the Clausura 2011.[2] He made team history by scoring 13 goals making him the second Mexican-born goalscoring champion, the last one being Cuauhtemoc Blanco in 1998, who scored 16 goals.

On 24 October 2011, Reyna was separated from the first team after saying that the team's captain, Aquivaldo Mosquera, was made of "water" and that América had a defense of "plastic". América was in the 16th position of the league and had one of the worst defenses in the tournament. After that declarations Reyna was separated of the team.[3]

Monterrey edit

On 21 December 2011, Reyna joined C.F. Monterrey. He scored 4 goals and 3 assist in his first tournament with Monterrey. His team won the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League and was the runner-up for the Mexican Clausura 2012. He showed off on the CONCACAF following tournament by scoring a hat-trick in the 5–0 victory over Chorrillo F.C. in the opening match.

Loan to Pachuca edit

In 2013, Reyna was sent on loan to Pachuca where he scored five goals in 16 matches played.

Veracruz edit

On 17 June 2013, Veracruz reached an agreement with Monterrey to purchase Reyna. He had an outstanding start with the club by scoring 7 goals in only the first 3 league matches.

Guadalajara edit

On 29 May 2014, Reyna made a controversial move to Guadalajara for a fee of US$3.56 million.[4] In August 2015, he was sent to train with the reserve squad after the club's president said he was not showing commitment with the team. On 10 March 2016, the club announced that they had reached an agreement to terminate his contract by mutual consent.

International career edit

In 2010, Reyna was called up by Javier Aguirre to play a series of friendlies with the Mexico national team against Bolivia national team, North Korea national team, and Iceland national team, where he appeared as a substitute in all three matches.

After being the Clausura 2011 top-goalscorer, he was called up by new national team coach José Manuel de la Torre for a series of friendlies against Ecuador and New Zealand national football team, and for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played on 15 April 2018[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Necaxa 2008 Primera División de México ? 3 ? 3
San Luis 2008 Primera División de México 8 1 2 0 10 1
América 2009 Primera División de México 14 2 2 0 16 2
2009–10 Mexican Primera División 37 10 4 1 41 11
2010–11 30 14 8 0 38 14
2011–12 8 1 8 1
Total 89 27 0 0 0 0 14 1 103 28
Monterrey 2011–12 Mexican Primera División 22 4 6 1 28 5
2012–13 Liga MX 17 3 3 3 20 6
Total 39 7 0 0 0 0 9 4 48 11
Pachuca (loan) 2012–13 Liga MX 16 5 1 0 17 5
Veracruz 2013–14 Liga MX 25 8 4 2 29 10
Guadalajara 2014–15 Liga MX 27 1 6 1 33 2
2015–16 2 0 2 0 4 0
Total 29 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 37 2
Celaya 2016–17 Ascenso MX 17 7 4 2 21 9
2017–18 15 4 4 0 19 4
2018–19 0 0 0 0
Total 32 11 8 2 0 0 0 0 40 13
Veracruz (loan) 2016–17 Liga MX 15 1 15 1
Toluca (loan) 2017–18 Liga MX 8 1 7 1 15 2
Career totals 261 65 28 6 0 0 23 5 312 76

International edit

As of match played 10 September 2013[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2010 3 0
2011 5 0
2012 8 1
2013 9 1
Total 25 2

International goals edit

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 October 2012 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States   Guyana 5–0 5–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 14 August 2013 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States   Ivory Coast 4–1 4–1 Friendly

Honours edit

Monterrey

Guadalajara

Mexico

Individual

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Angel Reyna". ESPNdeportes.com.
  2. ^ "Tarde Ensueño Nuestro Equipo America derrota a Pumas y califica a la Liguilla". Club America official website.
  3. ^ Echan a Reyna del América por sus declaraciones. El Universal.
  4. ^ Chivas confirma llegada de Reyna. record.com.mx
  5. ^ Ángel Reyna at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. ^ Ángel Reyna at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. ^ "¡CHIVAS CAMPEÓN DE LA COPA MX APERTURA 2015!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

External links edit