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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
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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.

Football career

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

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]

Personal life

In 2003, Reina set up Reina Group, a Folkestone-based heating and plumbing services company.[6][9]

Honours

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1997–98[4] Second Division 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 1
Folkestone Invicta 2001–02[10] Southern League Premier Division 21 1 0 0 0 0 21 1
Career total 27 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 30 2

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. ^ a b c "Supporters' Player of the – Folkestone Invicta Football Club". folkestoneinvictafc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 133. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  4. ^ a b "Games played by Ricky Reina in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b Ricky Reina at Soccerbase
  6. ^ a b "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. ^ "Meet The Team At Reina Group, MSC Heat Pump Installers". www.reinagroup.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  10. ^ "SoccerFacts UK Player Details". soccerfactsuk.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2018.