{"id":14759,"date":"2025-05-21T05:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T05:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/pepe-reina-former-spain-and-liverpool-keeper-to-retire-aged-42\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T05:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T05:51:29","slug":"pepe-reina-former-spain-and-liverpool-keeper-to-retire-aged-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/pepe-reina-former-spain-and-liverpool-keeper-to-retire-aged-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Pepe Reina: Former Spain and Liverpool keeper to retire aged 42"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former Spain and Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina will retire from playing at the end of this season.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 42-year-old is currently at Italian club Como, who will play the final game of their campaign when they host Inter Milan in Serie A on Friday.<\/p>\n

Reina, who came through the Barcelona academy, was part of the Spain squad which won the 2010 World Cup and the European Championship in 2008 and 2012.<\/p>\n

He joined Liverpool from Villarreal in 2005 and won the FA Cup and League Cup with the Reds as he also claimed the Premier League Golden Glove award – given to the top-flight keeper with the most clean sheets – three seasons in a row from 2005-06.<\/p>\n

Reina made 394 appearances for Liverpool before leaving in 2014 and going on to have spells at Bayern Munich, Napoli, AC Milan, Aston Villa, Lazio, Villarreal and Como.<\/p>\n

He played the 1,000th competitive game of his career in 2023 when he turned out for Villarreal in 2023. <\/p>\n

“A very beautiful career is coming to an end, a very full life,” Reina told Movistar. “I feel very fortunate for what I’ve experienced.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t expect it, but I think the time has come and I feel like bringing it to a close here.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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