Pepe Reina

Pepe Reina

Reina with Spain in 2017
Personal information
Full name	José Manuel Reina Páez[1]
Date of birth	(1982-08-31) 31 August 1982 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Como
Number	25
Youth career
1988–1995	EF Madrid Oeste
1995–1999	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999	Barcelona C	3	(0)
1999–2000	Barcelona B	41	(0)
2000–2002	Barcelona	30	(0)
2002–2005	Villarreal	109	(0)
2005–2014	Liverpool	285	(0)
2013–2014	→ Napoli (loan)	30	(0)
2014–2015	Bayern Munich	3	(0)
2015–2018	Napoli	111	(0)
2018–2020	AC Milan	5	(0)
2020	→ Aston Villa (loan)	12	(0)
2020–2022	Lazio	44	(0)
2022–2024	Villarreal	24	(0)
2024–	Como	3	(0)
International career
1998	Spain U15	6	(0)
1998–1999	Spain U16	9	(0)
1999	Spain U17	2	(0)
2000	Spain U18	2	(0)
2000–2003	Spain U21	20	(0)
2005–2018	Spain	36	(0)
Medal record Representing  Spain FIFA World Cup Winner 2010 South Africa UEFA European Championship Winner 2008 Austria–Switzerland Winner 2012 Poland–Ukraine UEFA European Under-16 Championship Winner 1999 Czech Republic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:07, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

José Manuel "Pepe" Reina Páez (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse maˈnwel ˈpepe ˈrejna ˈpaeθ]; born 31 August 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Como.

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.

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 has generally been 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.

Reina has made the 4th highest number of appearances by a Spanish player in the Premier League,^[3] with more than 200 appearances in just his first five seasons, 108 of the 219 appearances being clean sheets.^[4] In the 2010–11 season, he kept his 100th Premier League clean sheet for Liverpool in a 3–0 win against Aston Villa.