Facts about Jose Antonio Reyes

Died in 2019, Jose Antonio Reyes Calderon was a professional football player who spent his professional life with many prominent clubs as a left-winger and a forward. In his full name, Reyes is his paternal surname, and Calderon is his maternal family name. 

Sevilla was the first team in Reyes' senior career, which he played for the club for five years. However, he had spent his youth career with them from 1994 to 1999. Through signing a contract with English club Arsenal in 2004 and moving to the team, Reyes won the Premier League and FA Cup.

Then Reyes joined Atletico Madrid, and his playing for the club earned him winning the Europa League two times. After a short while of appearing in Portugal with Benfica, Reyes joined Sevilla again. He also spent his last years in Espanyol, Cordoba, Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard, and Extremadura. 

As you read, the outstanding player left a brilliant history from himself. However, the explanation was only a quick look at his career history. In the following text, we have presented a comprehensive overview regarding his performance during his career statistics.

The following analysis includes many untold facts about Jose Antonio Reyes, from his childhood to his death. To know the complete story of his life on and off the pitch, join us.

Facts about Jose Antonio Reyes

Playing in prominent and top clubs earned much reputation for Reyes, especially as a player of Arsenal and Sevilla. However, as a PlayStation player with an Electric Pace, he was so famous. However, only a few fans know his bio completely. Let's begin and read more 

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 to get more about the late star.

• Full Name: Jose Antonio Reyes Calderon

• Nickname: La Perla

• Date of Birth: 1 September 1983

• Place of Birth: Utrera, Spain

• Date of Death: 1 June 2019 (Aged 35)

• Place of Death: Utrera, Spain

• Position: Winger

• Teams: Sevilla, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Espanyol, Cordoba, Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard, Extremadura

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Jose Antonio Reyes Early Life

The Spanish footballer was born to Francisco Reyes, his father, and Mari Calderon, his mother in Utrera, Spain, in 1983. His family background is rooted in Northern Indian, located in the Punjab areas of modern-day India. 

Reyes spent his childhood in the Province of Seville with his Romani parents. However, he was not the only child of his family and grew up beside his brother Jesus Reyes. When Jose was too young, he found a great passion for soccer in himself.

Following his interest in the field, the 10-year-old boy joined the youth ranks of

 and represented all its youth levels. During his early career, Reyes tried well to establish himself as a versatile player for Sevilla.

Finally, he signed his first contract for his senior career with the club in 1999. When Reyes was 16 years, he made his first appearance for the Sevilla team. It was all about the childhood of the talented boy, and unfortunately, no authentic websites have published more facts about

Jose Antonio Reyes early life

.

Jose Antonio Reyes Family

Being regarded as a "Great Family Man," Reyes had a close relationship with his parents, and as his posing in his family's photos show, it seems that he was closer to his mother than his father. However, there is no other fact for the word. 

Jose Antonio Reyes family

 experienced painful moments by the death of their son, who had earned much success in the football world.

Jose Antonio Reyes Wife

Knowing the love story of top football players is a hot topic for fans to follow, and that is why we have allotted this section to 

Jose Antonio Reyes wife

. At the time which Arsenal winger died, he was in a romantic relationship with his glamorous wife.

According to The Sun published news, through holding a ceremony at Virgen de la Consolacion church in Utrera in June 2017, the couple announced their wedding. Noelia Lopez posted a comment on Instagram and said, "When you do not ask for anything, and they give you everything.

I understood that everyone is where they want to be and who they want to be with lovely. Happy eight years, My Love." As the message says, she celebrated their eighth anniversary of being together. Unfortunately, their marriage did not last more than two years, and Reyes left his wife and small daughters.

Reyes was in another relationship before he knew Noelia and had a son from his former partner, who followed his father's profession and when he was 11 joined Real Madrid. 

Jose Antonio Reyes Instagram

At the time of writing the article, 102k followers have followed 

Jose Antonio Reyes Instagram

,

. By appearing at top clubs and performing well when Reyes was alive, there is no wonder how the late Spanish winger has many fans on the platform.

Playing for some outstanding teams, including

,

, Sevilla, and Benfica, has earned Reyes much popularity and a lot of followers, who have followed his Instagram even after his death.

Whether the date of launching @j.a.reyes10 refers to the time he was alive or after his death, it has included many attractive posts that could attract this volume of fans even for several years after his death.

If you spend some minutes on his page, you will see many posts with various themes, from personal to professional life. Based on the shared photos, it seems that his children, wife, car, teammate, and football were the most notable things in his life. If you are interested in knowing more about him, visit his page. 

Jose Antonio Reyes Net Worth

One of the other topics which are amongst the most searched ones is the salary and income of footballers. Based on published info regarding

Jose Antonio Reyes net worth

on some authentic websites, it is about $20 million. 

Jose Antonio Reyes Career History

When Reyes was 16, he began his senior career with Sevilla and kept playing there for five years. In the 1999-2000 season, Reyes played for Sevilla B, and he ended it after making 32 appearances and scoring one goal.

From then to 2003-04, Reyes appeared in 96 competitions and netted 24 times. While he was playing for Sevilla, Spain's squad called him up for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship and left one scored goal from himself in the group stage.

Following the promotion of Segunda Division in 2000-01, through scoring his 21 La Liga goals during four seasons, Reyes could establish himself successfully as a versatile attacking player and attract other teams' attention.

Over the next three seasons, Reyes played for the English club

and could score 16 goals through participating in 69 matches. Although his former manager from Sevilla, Joaquin Caparros, was against his decision, Reyes moved to the club on loan for a £10.5 million transfer fee. However, later it rose to £17 million.

During his early appearances for the club, Reyes scored some own goals, that two of them were in the match against

and ended in his team's knocking out of the FA Cup.

He started the 2004-05 season impressively, and by his hat tricks in friendly competitions, displayed his improvement. Though Reyes' family was in London, through an announcement, his team reported, Reyes was homesick.

Reyes declared that the difference between real-life in London and what he had imagined about it was the main reason for his feeling. Having earned several honors, Reyes returned to Spain and signed a contract with the Spanish football club Real Madrid. 

His first goal was a free kick in a match against Real Sociedad, which ended in a 2-0 home victory. His next team was Atletico Madrid, which during five years of playing, Reyes played in 103 matches. 

Then Reyes joined the Portuguese club Benfica on loan for a short era. Afterward, Reyes rejoined his first team, and three days after signing a contract, appeared in the competition against 

.

Reyes left many unforgettable moments for the team. One of them was in the second leg of the team's last-16 victory against Betis. In 2016, after making 109 appearances for the club and scoring nine goals for Sevilla, he moved to Espanyol on a two-year deal.

At the expiry of his contract in 2017, Reyes left the team and joined

in 2018. However, his playing was too short, and after participating in only 17 matches, he joined Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard on a free transfer in the same year.

In 2019, Reyes returned to Spain and joined Diego Capel again, his former teammate in Sevilla, at Extremadura UD. They had agreed for a five-month deal, which, unfortunately, his death did not let him do it until its end. 

Reyes had a brilliant performance at international competitions. His first appearance was his playing for the team in a friendly match against

in Guimaraes that ended in their victories.

For the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifiers, he scored two goals in the last three minutes and helped his team earn a 4-0 winning. Also, he was one of the players which Spain's national team picked for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In 2013, Reyes represented Andalusia regional team one time. 

Jose Antonio Reyes Achievements

To know how much a football player has been successful in his career history, review his honors can be helpful. To get how well the Spanish winger played during his career history, we have prepared 

Jose Antonio Reyes achievements

 in the following.

His only Individual honor was in August 2004, which he achieved Premier League Player of the Month. We have grouped his other awards by his teams and listed them in the following.

Sevilla

•  Segunda Division in 2000-01

•  UEFA Europa League in 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16

•  Copa del Rey runner-up in 2015-16

•  UEFA Super Cup runner-up in 2014 and 2015

Arsenal

•  Premier League in 2003-04

•  FA Cup in 2004-05

•  FA Community Shield in 2004

•  UEFA Champions League runner-up in 2005-06

Real Madrid

•  La Liga in 2006-07

Atletico Madrid

•  UEFA Europa League in 2009-10, 2011-12

•  UEFA Super Cup in 2010

•  Copa del Rey runner-up in 2009-10

Benfica

•  Taca da Liga in 2008-09

Spain U-19

•  UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2002

Jose Antonio Reyes Death

If you are a serious football fan that follows most of the related news to the football world and even footballers, you might have heard about what happened to Jose Antonio Reyes in 2019 and the sad ending of his life. 

However, it was not the only painful event that year. Emiliano Sala, the 28-year-old Argentinian forward, died in a sudden single-engine Piper Malibu plane crash on 21 January 2019. It had passed about six months from his death, which the football world faced the loss of the Spanish legend, Jose Antonio Reyes. 

On 1 June 2019, Reyes was in a car accident termed "a traffic collision" on his country road- A-376. It is a road that links Utrera with Sevilla, Spain. Unfortunately, the crash led to his death.

Based on the published facts on The Sun, a British tabloid newspaper, Reyes died in his car with his cousins. One of them was Jonathan Ryes, who died immediately in the accident, and the other one was Manuel Calderon, who went to a hospital in serious condition.

After the accident, a collision occurred, and Reyes busted into fires. However, driving off an embankment is another narrative that a closer source published, which the Police's explanation fits better to this story. Following the death of the famous footballer, the Spanish Police Authorities analyzed the accident.

At first, they announced that his speed at the moment of the occurrence was about 220 km/h (135 mph) and later reported it was between 111 km/h (69 mph) and 130 km/h (81mph), which is over Spain's speed limit, about 75 mph (120kmph).

They found it the main reason for his death, which made him unable to escape an embarkment, which led to the crash.However, the Police announced that despite driving faster than the speed limit, a steering or tire failure led him to lose control of the car. 

Jose Antonio Reyes death

 coincided with the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League Final's day between Tottenham and Liverpool. Football fans were waiting for a happy day full of excitement, but it suddenly became a sad event following Reyes' death and left it such a painful memory in football history.

In addition to offering the condolences from many footballers and Reyes' former clubs to his family, a moment of silence was a symbolic treatment which they do in his honor at the competition played in Madrid that day.

Shortly after his funeral ceremony on 3 June in his hometown of Utrera, his last team, 

, retired Reyes' shirt number. The team gave the number to Gao Leilei, their new Chinese player, erroneously one year later, in February 2020.

However, they realized the mistake and rectified the error. When Reyes died, his club stated that "With a shrunken soul and a broken heart Extremadura reports the death of our player Joe Antonio Reyes in a traffic accident. We ask everyone to pray for his soul."

Arsenal also tweeted that, "Jose, who was part of the Invincibles team, was a hugely popular figure at our club and will always hold a special place in our hearts. Our thoughts are with all his family, friends, and teammates." They also wrote that "Thanks for what you gave us, and rest in peace." 

Short Facts about Jose Antonio Reyes

• To know the interests and hobbies of each character, we need to review his lifestyle. To get more about the late Spanish footballer, we have presented some facts about Jose Antonio Reyes personal life. 

• The talented winger was a car lover, and the BMW Series was his favorite car model. His death that occurred within a car accident aroused various questions if his intense interest in fast cars caused his death. 

• Due to much popularity and reputation that Reyes had amongst the fans of numerous clubs, they tried to pay tribute to him by sharing the most notable moments in his career history, including significant goals and memories in London and Madrid.

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