Ricky Reina

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Ricky Reina
Personal information
Full name Enrique Iglesia Reina [1]
Date of birth (1971-10-02) 2 October 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Folkestone, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1995 Folkestone Invicta
1995–1996 Sing Tao
1996–1997 Dover Athletic 33 (9)
1997–1998 Brentford 6 (1)
1998–1999 Dover Athletic 26 (4)
2000–2001 Ramsgate
2001–2002 Folkestone Invicta 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Enrique Iglesia Reina (born Folkestone, 2 October 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Brentford.

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Football career

Reina began his career with non-League club Folkestone Invicta, [3] before moving to Dover Athletic and then to Brentford in September 1997, for a £50,000 fee. [4] He made 9 appearances for the Second Division club, [5] but was forced to retire from professional football due to a knee injury in April 1998. [4] [2] Reina returned to Dover Athletic for the 1998–99 season and later played for Ramsgate and Folkestone Invicta, before retiring at the end of the 2001–02 season. [2] [3]

Rowing

Reina has been active in endurance rowing. [6] In February 2016, he and partner John Wilson set heavyweight world records in the age 40–49 category in Tandem Longest Continual Row and Tandem Million Meters. [7] [8] In February 2019, the pair completed an 89-day row between Spain and Antigua. [9]

Personal life

In 2003, Reina set up Reina Group, a Folkestone-based heating and plumbing services company. [6] [10]

Honours

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1997–98 [5] Second Division 6120100091
Folkestone Invicta 2001–02 [11] Southern League Premier Division21100—00211
Career total272201000302

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References

  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 517. ISBN   1-85291-665-6.
  2. 1 2 3 Ricky Reina at Soccerbase
  3. 1 2 3 "Supporters' Player of the Year Winners". Folkestone Invicta Football Club. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 133. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  5. 1 2 "Games played by Ricky Reina in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Our Team". Atlantic Avengers. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "World Longest Continual Row". Concept2. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "World Million Meters". Concept2. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Atlantic duo make landfall". Kent Online. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Meet The Team At Reina Group, MSC Heat Pump Installers". www.reinagroup.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "Player Details: Season 2001–2002 Ricky Reina". SoccerFacts UK. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.


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