Appearances:
12 |
Starts:
12 |
Substitute:
0 |
Unused:
5 |
Goals:
0 |
Games per Goal:
0.00 |
Assists:
0 |
Goal Involvements:
0 |
Player #943
![Pepe Reina](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_1779b04624ab49dc85179f13fce95f6e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_138,h_78,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/9be7fa_1779b04624ab49dc85179f13fce95f6e~mv2.jpg)
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Goalkeeper
2019-20
2019-20
1
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0 |
Pepe Reina
Pepe Reina
Seasons Quick-View
2020 | 🕒 12 | 12 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 5 | #943 |
Season
2019-20 |
Age
36 |
Division
PL |
Squad #
#29 |
Appearances
12 |
Starts
12 |
Subs
0 |
Unused
5 |
Goals
0 |
Assists
0 |
Bookings
1 |
Red Cards
0 |
Games / Goals
0.00 |
Goal
Involvements
0 |
Injury
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Goalkeeping Statistics
Season
Appearances
Conceded
20 |
per Game
1.67 |
Clean Sheets
2 |
Clean Sheet %
17% |
2019-20 |
12 |
20 |
1.67 |
2 |
17% |
José Manuel Reina Páez
Birth Date
31 August 1982
Birth Place
Madrid
Birth Country
Spain
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🇪🇸
Citizenship
Spain
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams
EF Madrid Oeste Youth
1997-99 FC Barcelona Youth
1999-02 FC Barcelona
La Liga, 🕒 36 | 34 (2) | ⚽ 0 |
2002-05 Villarreal CF, £0.67m
La Liga, 🕒 121 | 121 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
2005-14 Liverpool, £8.82m
Premier League, 🕒 386 | 386 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
2014 SSC Napoli (L)
Serie A, 🕒 40 | 39 (1) | ⚽ 0 |
2014-15 Bayern Munich, £2.70m
Bundesliga, 🕒 3 | 3 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
2015-18 SSC Napoli, £1.80m
Serie A, 🕒 136 | 136 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
2018-20 AC Milan, Free
Serie A, 🕒 13 | 11 (2) | ⚽ 0 |
Transfer In
Aged
37
From
AC Milan
For
Loan
On
13 January 2020
Under
Dean Smith 🏴
Transfer Notes
January 2020: Aged 37, Loaned from Milan under Dean Smith for the remainder of the 2019-20 season
July 2020: Aged 37, Returned to parent club Milan at the end of loan period
Promoted to First Team Squad
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Transfer In
Under
Transfer In
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
To
For
On
Under
37
AC Milan
End of Loan
31 July 2020
Dean Smith 🏴
Subsequent Clubs
- 2020 AC Milan, Free
Serie A, 🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
2020-22 SS Lazio, Free
Serie A, 🕒 54 | 54 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
2022-24 Villarreal, Free
La Liga, 🕒 44 | 44 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
2024- Without Club
Pepe Reina
Villa Career
2020 | Loan | 🇪🇸 |
Premier League,
🕒 12 | 12 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 5 | #943 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Appearances
Unused
12
5
Goals
0
Played Under
Dean Smith 🏴 2020
First Squad
18 January 2020
Manager
Dean Smith 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
2019-20
18 January 2020
Brighton & Hove Albion (a), Premier League
37
Dean Smith 🏴
Appearances
Goals
12
0
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
2019-20
26 July 2020
West Ham United (a), Premier League
37
Dean Smith 🏴
(Final Squad)
26 July 2020
Manager
Dean Smith 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
(6 ft 2 in) 1.88 m
Foot
Right
International Record
National Team
Spain
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
2005-17 🕒 36 | 25 (11) | ⚽ 0 |
Retired
Caps with Villa
🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
Pepe Reina
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Source: skysports.com/football/news/11677/11966749/aston-villas-pepe-reina
Player #942 for Aston Villa, José Manuel Reina Páez, known as Pepe Reina played as a goalkeeper for the club in 2019-20. Reina was the 101st custodian of the Villa goal in professional football.
Reina was born in Madrid, Spain on 31 August 1982.
Villa had signed Reina on loan from AC Milan on 13 January 2020 at the age of 37 for the remainder of the 2019-20 Premier League season as cover for the injured Tom Heaton and Jed Steer.
Villa’s goalkeeping coach, and the 83rd custodian of the Villa goal in professional football, Neil Cutler explained the thinking behind Reina’s arrival: “When he steps on to the pitch he takes control of situations, he’s calm in possession. It’s his personality. He leads men. You can see when Spain won the World Cup and the Euros, he’s the one on the mic leading the group even though he wasn’t playing. He’s got that experience to lead the group, help the group and make sure we stay in the league this season.”
It wasn’t just his leadership skills that led Villa to bring Reina into the club but his ability to fit into the possession-based football that boss Dean Smith favoured. As Cutler explained “He [Reina] gets players on the ball, he dictates play, he dictates the tempo, he finds little pockets, he plays through the press and over the press.
“It’s his calmness and the way he controls the way we play.”
Understandably given his abilities and influence Reina took over as Villa’s No.1 on arrival and immediately set Villa on a better path with 4 points gathered from games against relegation rivals Brighton & Hove Albion and Watford however thereafter results were less positive.
Four successive league defeats saw Reina put in some eccentric displays and conceding 11 goals - his error against Bournemouth where he palmed Ryan Fraser’s shot into the path of Nathan Ake and an all round poor performance against Leicester were particularly concerning.
Somewhat inevitably Reina lost his place on the resumption of football in June 2020. However Ørjan Nyland, Reina’s replacement, soon proved fallible himself and Pepe was returned to goal to the end of the 2019-20 campaign.
Across his 12 appearances Reina conceded 20 goals at a ratio of 1.67 goals per game whilst keeping 2 clean sheets. Whilst those figures were comparatively poor they came in a struggling side and were enough for Villa to successfully retain their top flight status.
Reina returned to AC Milan after the end of his loan spell having exerted a positive influence on the dressing room in Villa’s victorious fight against relegations, even if he hadn’t proved infallible on the pitch.
Reina had played under Dean Smith.