Antonio Reyes González (born 16 October 1964) is a Spanish retired
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Football career
Brought up at local
Real Betis
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, Reyes made his debut for the first team in
1983–84 (15 minutes in a 0–0 home draw against
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
), but only amassed 25
La Liga
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appearances across his first three seasons. He played significantly more in the following two, with a career-best 34 games and two goals in
1986–87 as the
Andalusia
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ns ranked in ninth position; during his link to the club, he also spent one
season
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on loan to fellow league side
Elche CF, which ended in relegation.
Upon leaving the ''Verdiblancos'' in 1990, Reyes resumed his career in the
second division
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, with brief stints in
the third. In the former category, he represented
Xerez CD,
Villarreal CF
Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, th ...
,
CP Mérida
Club Polideportivo Mérida was a Spanish football team based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura.
Having played twice in La Liga ( 1995–96 and 1997–98), the club was dissolved in 2000, due to serious economic debts. Its ...
–
achieving top flight promotion with the team in 1995 – and
UD Almería, which would be his last spell in the division. He retired professionally at the age of 32 with top flight totals of 130 games and seven goals (adding 165/20 in level two).
External links
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Real Betis Profile
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1964 births
Living people
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Seville
Men's association football midfielders
Real Betis players
Lorca Deportiva CF footballers
Elche CF players
Orihuela CF players
Xerez CD footballers
Villarreal CF players
CP Mérida footballers
UD Almería players
Écija Balompié players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players