Ángel Reyna

Ángel Reyna
	Reyna with Mexico in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Ángel Eduardo Reyna Martínez
Date of birth	19 September 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Peluche Caligari (AKL) (Manager)
Youth career
	América
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	San Luis
2007–2008	Necaxa
2008–2009	San Luis
2009–2011	América
2012	Monterrey
2013	→ Pachuca (loan)
2013–2014	Veracruz
2014–2015	Guadalajara
2016–2018	Celaya
2017	→ Veracruz (loan)
2018	→ Toluca (loan)
2019	Veracruz
Total
International career
2010–2013	Mexico
Managerial career
2024–	Peluche Caligari (AKL)
Medal record
Representing Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Early career

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

On 18 December 2008, Reyna signed with Mexico City giants Club 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 9500th 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 91st 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

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

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

Veracruz

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

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

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

Club

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
Club	Season	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	Liga MX	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

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

#	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