José Antonio Reyes

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José Antonio Reyes
José Antonio Reyes Calderón.jpg
Reyes in the shirt of Sevilla FC (2012)
Personnel
Surname José Antonio Reyes Calderón
birthday September 1, 1983
place of birth Utrera ,  Spain
date of death June 1, 2019
Place of death Utrera ,  Spain
size 175 cm
position Winger
Juniors
Years station
1994-1999 Sevilla FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2003 Sevilla FC 86 (22)
2004-2007 Arsenal FC 69 (16)
2006-2007 →  Real Madrid  (loan) 30 0(6)
2007–2012 Atlético Madrid 103 0(8)
2008-2009 →  Benfica Lisbon  (loan) 24 0(4)
2012-2016 Sevilla FC 109 0(9)
2016-2017 Espanyol Barcelona 21 0(3)
2018 Cordoba FC 17 0(1)
2018-2019 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 14 0(4)
2019 Extremadura UD 9 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2001-2002 Spain U-19 7 0(3)
2002-2003 Spain U-21 7 0(3)
2003-2006 Spain 21 0(4)
1 Only league games are given.

José Antonio Reyes Calderón (born September 1, 1983 in Utrera , Seville province , † June 1, 2019 ibid) was a Spanish football player . He came from the youth of Sevilla FC and was active for the club at the beginning of his career and again from 2012 to 2016. Reyes also played successfully at Arsenal , Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid , among others . At Arsenal FC he was one of the Invincibles (German Die Unschlagbaren ), who were undefeated English champions in 2004 . In addition to another Spanish championship with Real Madrid, winning the Europa League five times (twice with Atlético Madrid, three times with Sevilla FC) is one of his greatest successes.

Career

societies

The left winger began his football career in 1999 at his home club Sevilla FC , for whom he played in the Primera División at a young age .

In January 2004 he was signed for 25 million euros (17 million British pounds) from Arsenal FC , with whom he won the English championship that same year. At the beginning of the 2006/07 season he was loaned out to Real Madrid for a year . In return, Júlio Baptista moved to Arsenal on loan from Real Madrid. Both clubs were given an option to purchase the loaned players at the end of the season. In the last championship game of the 2006/07 season, Reyes scored two decisive goals and thus contributed to Real's 30th league title.

Despite this success in Madrid that saw Royal of an obligation Reyes' from. He stayed in the Spanish capital and played for Atlético Madrid . After a disappointing season without scoring, Atlético officials decided to loan the winger to Benfica Lisbon in Portugal for a year . On January 5, 2012, Reyes returned to Sevilla FC. Here he won the UEFA Europa League three times in a row between 2014 and 2016 . In June 2016, Reyes' contract, which originally ran until 2017, was prematurely terminated.

For the 2016/17 season he moved to league rivals Espanyol Barcelona , where he received a two-year contract.

National team

Reyes made his debut on September 6, 2003 in the Spanish national soccer team and played a total of 21 games in which he scored four goals. At the 2006 World Cup he was in the squad of the Spaniards and was used. At the following two years later the European Football Championship , Reyes no longer played a role in the team of coach Luis Aragonés .

successes

Private

Reyes belonged to the ethnic group of the Gitanos ( Spanish for Roma ). He had an older brother.

On June 1, 2019, Reyes was killed in a car accident at the age of 35. According to Spanish media reports, the accident occurred on the A-376 motorway from Seville to Utrera, his hometown. The vehicle had a tire blown on the way back from a training session at 237 km / h, it came off the road in a construction site and caught fire. The speed limit on Spanish motorways is 120 km / h. One of Reyes' nephews also died in the accident. According to other information, two nephews of Reyes' died in the accident, but this has now been officially denied. According to current information (as of June 3, 2019), the third accident victim is still being treated in the hospital. When UEFA Champions League final in 2019 a minute of silence for Reyes is inserted.

Web links

Commons : José Antonio Reyes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Record Arsenal signing Reyes says heart lies in Seville. In: The Independent . February 6, 2004, accessed February 2, 2010 .
  2. ↑ OCHO INVIERNOS DESPUÉS REGRESA EL FÚTBOL TREPIDANTE DE JOSÉ ANTONIO REYES ( Memento of January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Reyes leaves Sevilla FC for the second time transfermarkt.de, June 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ Espanyol confirm signing of former Sevilla forward Jose Antonio Reyes sport-english.com, on June 28, 2016, accessed on November 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ gitanos.org (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Muere el futbolista José Antonio Reyes elpais.com, accessed June 1, 2019 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Cause of the accident , report on welt.de from June 3, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ Former Spanish international: Jose Antonio Reyes was killed in a car accident. In: tagesspiegel.de . June 1, 2019, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Football professional Reyes dies in car accident , deutschlandfunk.de, published and accessed on June 1, 2019.
  10. ↑ Reyes' car tire burst at 150 mph. In: general-anzeiger-bonn.de. June 3, 2019, accessed June 3, 2019 .
  11. ↑ uefa.com
  12. ↑ El coche de Reyes iba at 237 kms / hora. In: mundodeportivo.com. June 3, 2019, Retrieved June 3, 2019 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Reyes, José Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reyes Calderón, José Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrera
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 2019
Place of death Utrera