Ruperto Reeves

Ruperto Reeves Patterson

Personal information
Full name	Ruperto Radeiffo Reeves Patterson
Date of birth	(1934-02-12)12 February 1934
Place of birth	Santa Elena, Ecuador
Date of death	9 December 2019(2019-12-09) (aged 85)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
?-1954	9 de Octubre
1954-1966	Barcelona SC
International career
1959-1963	Ecuador	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ruperto Reeves (12 February 1934 – 9 December 2019) was an Ecuadorian footballer.

He was part of Ecuador's squads for the 1959 (Ecuador)[1] and 1963[2] Copa America.

In 1957 he scored Barcelona SC's first ever goal in the Ecuadorian Championship.[3]

International career

Reeves was selected in Ecuador's squad for the 1959 South American Championship on home soil and played three games,[4] the one against Uruguay on 6 December being his first cap with Ecuador.[5]

Two days after the end of the tournament, on 27 December 1959, Reeves played a friendly game against Brazil in Guayaquil.[6]

Reeves was also in Ecuador's squad for the 1963 South American Championship, playing two games in the tournament,[7] the game against Brazil on 27 March being his sixth and last cap with Ecuador.[8]

Reeves died on 9 December 2019, at the age of 85.[9]

References

1. "South American Championship 1959 (2nd Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
2. "South American Championship 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
3. "Fue campeón del mundo tres veces y el único que pudo detenerlo fue un jugador de Barcelona". Un Solo Idolo. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
4. "South American Championship 1959 (2nd Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
5. "R Reeves Patterson Footballer". 11v11. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
6. "Ecuador v Brazil, 27 December 1959". 11v11. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
7. "South American Championship 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
8. "R Reeves Patterson Footballer". 11v11. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
9. "Ruperto Reeves Patterson se despide con legado; su sepelio, este lunes". El Universo. Retrieved 1 March 2024.