Rubén Reyes

Rubén Reyes
Personal information
Full name	Rubén Reyes Díaz
Date of birth	5 January 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Gijón, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2000	Avilés
2000–2001	Oviedo B
2000–2002	Oviedo
2002	Villarreal
2003–2004	Getafe
2004–2006	Albacete
2005	→ Pontevedra (loan)
2006	→ Pontevedra (loan)
2006–2007	Pontevedra
2007–2010	Rayo Vallecano
2010–2011	Pontevedra
2011–2012	Palencia
2012–2013	Alcobendas Sport
Total
Managerial career
2013–2015	Alcobendas Sport
2016–2017	Alcobendas Sport
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rubén Reyes Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ruˈβen ˈreʝes]; born 5 January 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager.

In a career spent mainly in the lower leagues, Reyes amassed Segunda División totals of 89 games and three goals in representation of five clubs. He appeared for Oviedo and Villarreal in La Liga, totalling 21 matches.

Club career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Reyes began his professional career with local Real Avilés Industrial in the Segunda División B. For the 2000–01 season he moved to La Liga with neighbouring Real Oviedo, making his first appearance in the competition on 22 October 2000 in the 3–1 home win against RC Celta de Vigo.^[1] The following month, he scored in a 4–1 victory over Real Valladolid also at the Estadio Carlos Tartiere,^[2] but the club eventually failed to retain its status as third from bottom.^[3]

Ahead of 2002–03, Reyes joined Villarreal CF again in the top division, for three years.^[4]^[5] He appeared rarely for the Valencian team, and finished the campaign with Segunda División's Getafe CF; in the following season, also with the Madrid side, he achieved a first-ever promotion to the top flight, but only saw action in two games (both from the bench).

Reyes then signed for Albacete Balompié, but did not play one single second in the first part of 2004–05, due to injury. From January–June 2005 he was loaned to Pontevedra CF in the second division,^[6] playing 15 matches in a relegation-ending campaign;^[7] the same befell in the following year's January transfer window, with the club now one league down, and staying down after failing in the promotion play-offs.^[8]

After being released by Albacete, Reyes joined Pontevedra on a permanent basis, being one of the Galicians' cornerstones in 2006–07, although they once again did not promote. The following campaign he agreed to a contract at Rayo Vallecano, returning to the second tier at the first attempt.^[9]

References

^ Quiros, Rafael (23 October 2000). "El Oviedo sufre hasta el final" [Oviedo suffer until the end]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ Julio, Ramón (20 November 2000). "El contragolpe del Oviedo rompió en la segunda al rey del empate" [Oviedo fast break crushed king of draws in second half]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ Andrados, Juan Pedro. "Spain 2000/01". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ "Rubén Reyes: "Ya me considero jugador del Villarreal"" [Rubén Reyes: "I now consider myself a Villarreal player"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 July 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ "Villarreal ficha al oviedista Rubén Reyes" [Villarreal sign Oviedo man Rubén Reyes]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 July 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ "Altas y bajas – Primera División" [Ins and outs – First Division]. Marca (in Spanish). January 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ Palmás, Roi (26 February 2015). "Se cumplen diez años del debut de Rubén Reyes" [Tenth anniversary of debut of Rubén Reyes]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ "El Pontevedra cayó eliminado ante un Sevilla B ambicioso" [Pontevedra ousted by ambitious Sevilla B]. El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). 12 June 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
^ Martín, Maite (13 June 2018). "¿Qué fue del once del ascenso rayista de la 2007–08?" [What happened to the eleven Rayo men who promoted in 2007–08?]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2023.

External links

Rubén Reyes at BDFutbol
Rubén Reyes at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
Rubén Reyes at Soccerway

[1] Quiros, Rafael (23 October 2000). "El Oviedo sufre hasta el final" [Oviedo suffer until the end]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[2] Julio, Ramón (20 November 2000). "El contragolpe del Oviedo rompió en la segunda al rey del empate" [Oviedo fast break crushed king of draws in second half]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[3] Andrados, Juan Pedro. "Spain 2000/01". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[4] "Rubén Reyes: "Ya me considero jugador del Villarreal"" [Rubén Reyes: "I now consider myself a Villarreal player"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 July 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[5] "Villarreal ficha al oviedista Rubén Reyes" [Villarreal sign Oviedo man Rubén Reyes]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 July 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[6] "Altas y bajas – Primera División" [Ins and outs – First Division]. Marca (in Spanish). January 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[7] Palmás, Roi (26 February 2015). "Se cumplen diez años del debut de Rubén Reyes" [Tenth anniversary of debut of Rubén Reyes]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[8] "El Pontevedra cayó eliminado ante un Sevilla B ambicioso" [Pontevedra ousted by ambitious Sevilla B]. El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). 12 June 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

[9] Martín, Maite (13 June 2018). "¿Qué fue del once del ascenso rayista de la 2007–08?" [What happened to the eleven Rayo men who promoted in 2007–08?]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2023.

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