Claudio Reyna
Claudio Reyna | ||
Personnel | ||
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birthday | 20th July 1973 | |
place of birth | Livingston , New Jersey , USA | |
size | 178 cm | |
position | midfield | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
1991-1994 | Virginia Cavaliers | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1995-1999 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 26 | (0)
1997-1999 | → VfL Wolfsburg (loan) | 48 | (6)
1999-2001 | Glasgow Rangers | 64 (10) |
2001-2003 | Sunderland AFC | 28 | (3)
2003-2007 | Manchester City | 77 | (4)
2007-2008 | New York Red Bulls | 29 | (0)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1994-2006 | United States | 112 | (8)
1 Only league games are given. |
Claudio Reyna (born July 20, 1973 in Livingston , New Jersey ) is a retired American football player . He has been Sporting Director of the future MLS franchise Austin FC since November 21, 2019 .
Player career
In the club
Reyna played college football at the University of Virginia , where he was trained by the future US national coach Bruce Arena . Reyna was awarded the Hermann Trophy in 1992 and the MAC Award in 1992 and 1993 . He moved in 1995 to Germany in the Bundesliga to Bayer 04 Leverkusen , but there came in his second season, only very few inserts and in 1997 at the VfL Wolfsburg passed where he had far more success. In Wolfsburg, he became the first American team captain in a major European football club. On April 1, 1999, he moved to the Glasgow Rangers , for which he played for almost three years. In December 2001 he moved to the English Premier League for AFC Sunderland for 6.7 million euros .
In October 2002, Reyna suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear in his knee, which put him out of action for the remainder of the 2002/03 season. After Sunderland's relegation to the First Division , the club could not continue to finance Reynas high salary, so that the "Black Cats" decided in August 2003 to sell to Manchester City early for only 3.75 million euros. Reyna had further injury problems in his first season for Manchester but was able to play in the starting eleven at the end of the 2003/04 season. At the end of January 2007, he terminated his contract and moved to the United States for the New York Red Bulls . In July 2008, he announced his retirement from active football.
In the national team
Reyna completed his first international match in the US national team against Norway on January 15, 1994 . He was a member of the national team for the 1994 World Cup , but could not be used due to an injury. Reyna then took part in the 1998 World Cup and especially the 2002 World Cup. There he led the US national team in 2002 until the quarter-finals, in which they had to admit defeat to future finalists Germany . He was the first American to be elected to the all-star team at a World Cup. At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Captain Reyna and his US team were eliminated in the preliminary round.
successes
- Scottish Champion : 1999 , 2000
- Scottish Cup Winner : 2000
- Gold Cup Winner : 2002
- American Footballer of the Year : 2000 (Journalists' Choice)
Functionary career
On May 22, 2013, Reyna took over the office of Sports Director at New York City FC . In November 2019, he said goodbye to New York and then went to Austin FC . There he became the first sports director of the newly created franchise.
Private
Claudio Reyna is the son of an Argentine father and a Portuguese mother and has, in addition to the US, also the Portuguese citizenship.
In July 1997, Reyna married former US international Danielle Egan . The two have four children together. On July 19, 2012, Reyna's 13-year-old son died of complications from his cancer.
His son Giovanni , born in 2002 , also followed in his father's footsteps and last played in the academy of the MLS franchise New York City FC before moving to Borussia Dortmund in the U19.
Trivia
- In Great Britain he got the nickname Captain America because of his captaincy in the American national team.
Web links
- Claudio Reyna in the database of weltfussball.de
- Claudio Reyna in the database of footballdatabase.eu (English)
- Claudio Reyna in the database of soccerbase.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ New York City Football Club have named Claudio Reyna as the club's Sporting Director. In: www.nycfc.com. May 22, 2013, accessed December 16, 2019 .
- ^ Claudio Reyna named first Austin FC sporting director. In: www.mlssoccer.com. November 21, 2019, accessed December 16, 2019 .
- ^ Former City and Rangers star Reyna in mourning after 13-year-old son dies of cancer , accessed July 23, 2012
- ^ NYCFC Academy's Giovanni Reyna quickly making a name for himself (English), accessed December 30, 2017
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Kasey Keller |
USA Footballer of the Year 2000 |
Landon Donovan |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Reyna, Claudio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th July 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Livingston , New Jersey , United States |