Héctor Reynoso López (born 3 October 1980) is a Mexican former professional

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who played as a

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. Reynoso spent the majority of his playing career with

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, where he made 460 appearances across all competitions, making him the second most capped player in the club's history.

Career

Guadalajara

Reynoso has played his whole professional career with Guadalajara, but went through a short loan spell at

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in 1999. He is known for his great defensive skills. Reynoso made his professional debut on April 17, 2001, against Tigres. During the Clausura 2006 tournament, Reynoso played and started in all 17 games. He completed 12 of them and entered as a sub in 3 games. He received 5 yellow cards and scored 0 goals. He scored a vital goal in the second game of the

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two-game series against

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, where he scored in the 6th minute. Thanks to Reynoso's goal, Chivas advanced to the quarterfinals of the South American tournament by an aggregate score of 4–3. (Chivas won the first game 3–0, but lost the second 3–1). Reynoso has become a vital part of the Chivas defense with his great playing and defensive skills. Reynoso was the team Captain for the

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, because the regular team Captain Ramon Morales and Vice-Captain

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were in Venezuela playing with the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) at Copa America. He captained the game in which Chivas beat

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5–0. Reynoso is known by many Mexican soccer commentators as "

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", because of his long and curly hairstyle. In a 2009 Libertadores Santander cup game against Everton from Chile, Reynoso spat and sneezed in the face of opponent

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and told him he had

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. Reynoso later apologized for the incident, but his actions were recorded and made headline news all over the world. In 2011, in a game between

and

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Where he scored a header, to put the score 3-1

Morelia

After 13 years of career at Chivas, on December 17, 2013, Reynoso joined

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club Monarcas Morelia on a six-month loan deal.

U.DE.G

After his loan deal expired he was once again sent out on loan, this time to

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. On 16 December 2014, the club announced they had signed him permanently for the 2015 season.

International career

On June 19, 2011, Reynoso was called up to participate in the 2011 Gold Cup as one of the replacement for five suspended players, he was also called up to the

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as an overage player replacing injured Jonny Magallón, thus receiving his first call-up to the national team. He earned his first cap in the victorious Gold Cup Final against the

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on June 25, coming on as a substitute for the injured

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Honours

Guadalajara *

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: Apertura 2006 *

runner-up:

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Mexico *

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References

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