Ricky Reina

Ricky Reina

Personal information
Full name	Enrique Iglesia Reina[1]
Date of birth	(1971-10-02) 2 October 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Folkestone, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1995	Folkestone Invicta
1995–1996	Sing Tao
1996–1997	Dover Athletic	33	(9)
1997–1998	Brentford	6	(1)
1998–1999	Dover Athletic	26	(4)
2000–2001	Ramsgate
2001–2002	Folkestone Invicta	21	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Enrique Iglesia Reina (born Folkestone, 2 October 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Brentford.

Football career

Reina began his career with non-League club Folkestone Invicta,[3] before moving to Dover Athletic and then to Brentford in September 1997, for a £50,000 fee.[4] He made 9 appearances for the Second Division club,[5] but was forced to retire from professional football due to a knee injury in April 1998.[4][2] Reina returned to Dover Athletic for the 1998–99 season and later played for Ramsgate and Folkestone Invicta, before retiring at the end of the 2001–02 season.[2][3]

Rowing

Reina has been active in endurance rowing.[6] In February 2016, he and partner John Wilson set heavyweight world records in the age 40–49 category in Tandem Longest Continual Row and Tandem Million Meters.[7][8] In February 2019, the pair completed an 89-day row between Spain and Antigua.[9]

Personal life

In 2003, Reina set up Reina Group, a Folkestone-based heating and plumbing services company.[6][10]

Honours

• Folkestone Invicta Supporters' Player of the Year: 1992–93[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1997–98[5]	Second Division	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	1
Folkestone Invicta	2001–02[11]	Southern League Premier Division	21	1	0	0	—		0	0	21	1
Career total			27	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	30	2

References

1. Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 517. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
2. Ricky Reina at Soccerbase
3. "Supporters' Player of the Year Winners". Folkestone Invicta Football Club. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
4. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 133. ISBN 978-0955294914.
5. "Games played by Ricky Reina in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
6. "Our Team". Atlantic Avengers. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
7. "World Longest Continual Row". Concept2. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
8. "World Million Meters". Concept2. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
9. "Atlantic duo make landfall". Kent Online. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
10. "Meet The Team At Reina Group, MSC Heat Pump Installers". www.reinagroup.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
11. "Player Details: Season 2001–2002 Ricky Reina". SoccerFacts UK. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.