Ángel Eduardo Reyna Martínez (born 19 September 1984) is a Mexican former professional

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who played as an

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Club career

Early career

Reyna came out of Club América's reserves but was given his professional debut at San Luis on 31 July 2005. He scored his first goal in the Primera División against

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on 5 February 2006. After his stint at San Luis, Reyna was signed by

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Club América

On 18 December 2008, Reyna signed with Mexico City giants América, where he was "born" as a footballer, to be the new reinforcement for the Clausura 2009 season. His debut was against rivals

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in the

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tournament where the match ended in a 1–1 draw. For the Bicentenario 2010 season, after the shooting of

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, Reyna became a reference player for the team and one of their top scorers, going on to score 7 goals in 16 appearances, including the 9000th goal in the history of the

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in a 2–2 draw with

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. On 3 April 2011, Reyna scored his first hat-trick for América in a 5–4 win against

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in the Clausura 2011 tournament. On 1 May 2011 after scoring the second goal in the 91' minute in the 2–0 win over home-side Pumas, he scored his 13th league goal, thus becoming goalscoring champion of the Clausura 2011. He made team history by scoring 13 goals making him the second Mexican-born goalscoring champion, the last one being Cuauhtemoc Blanco in 1998, who scored 16 goals. On 24 October 2011, Reyna was separated from the first team after saying that the team's captain,

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, was made of "water" and that América had a defense of "plastic". América was in the 16th position of

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and had one of the worst defenses in the tournament. After that declarations Reyna was separated of the team.

Monterrey

On 21 December 2011, Reyna joined

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. He scored 4 goals and 3 assist in his first tournament with Monterrey. His team won the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League and was the runner-up for the Mexican Clausura 2012. He showed off on the

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following tournament by scoring a hat-trick in the 5–0 victory over

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in the opening match.

Loan to Pachuca

In 2013, Reyna was sent on loan to

where he scored five goals in 16 matches played.

Veracruz

On 17 June 2013,

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reached an agreement with Monterrey to purchase Reyna. He had an outstanding start with the club by scoring 7 goals in only the first 3 league matches.

Guadalajara

On 29 May 2014, Reyna made a controversial move to

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for a fee of

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3.56 million.Chivas confirma llegada de Reyna
record.com.mx In August 2015, he was sent to train with the reserve squad after the club's president said he was not showing commitment with the team. On 10 March 2016, the club announced that they had reached an agreement to terminate his contract by mutual consent.

International career

In 2010, Reyna was called up by

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to play a series of friendlies with the

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against Bolivia national team, North Korea national team, and Iceland national team, where he appeared as a substitute in all three matches. After being the Clausura 2011 top-goalscorer, he was called up by new national team coach

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for a series of friendlies against

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and

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, and for the

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Monterrey *

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: 2011–12 Guadalajara *

Copa MX The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...

: Apertura 2015 Mexico *

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Individual *

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Attacking Midfielder of the Tournament: Clausura 2011 *

Golden Boot: Clausura 2011

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reyna, Angel 1984 births Living people Mexican footballers Mexico international footballers Liga MX players Ascenso MX players Club León footballers San Luis F.C. players Club Necaxa footballers Club América footballers C.F. Monterrey players C.D. Guadalajara footballers Club Celaya footballers C.F. Pachuca players C.D. Veracruz footballers Deportivo Toluca F.C. players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players Association football defenders