Gustavo Enrique Reggi (born 28 May 1973 in

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) is an

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retired

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who played as a

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. He played for six clubs in his country, also having abroad spells in Italy (two-and-a-half years) and Spain (six-and-a-half), competing in both major levels in both nations.

Football career

Reggi made a name for himself after becoming the

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top scorer in 1996, netting 15 goals for Ferro Carril Oeste in the Apertura but with the

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-based team only ranking in 14th position, however. He subsequently represented, in one-season spells each,

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and Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. In 1999, 26-year-old Reggi moved abroad and signed with Reggina Calcio in Italy, suffering relegation from

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in his second year, which he finished on loan to another club in the country,

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. He made his debut in the former competition on 29 August 1999, away against

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(1–1 draw). Reggi returned to his homeland in January 2002 with

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, moving shortly after to Spain where he would remain for the following seven seasons. He started out at

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, scoring 11 goals for the

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side and bettering it to 12 in the following campaign, in which he helped

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return to

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after a 39-year absence. Reggi made his Spanish top flight debut on 29 August 2004, starting (one of only five during the season) in a 1–1 draw at

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, with the

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being immediately relegated back. He again competed with the team in the main division in 2006–07, being again almost exclusively used as a substitute and scoring three goals as this time they managed to stay afloat. Still in Spain, Reggi moved to CD Castellón in the second division for the 2007–08, signing on 11 August 2007 shortly after being released by Levante. After not being used at all during the first part of the following campaign he decided to terminate his contract, returning to Argentina and playing out the remainder of his career in the lower leagues, his first stop being

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and the second San Martín de Mendoza, where he played until the age of 41 before retiring to become a football coordinator.

References

External links

Argentine League statistics
at Fútbol XXI *
El País profile
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