Ex-Liverpool & Spain keeper Reina to retire aged 42

At the end of the current season, former England and Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina will stop playing.

The 42-year-old is currently a member of Italian club Como, where they will play their final game of the season against Inter Milan on Friday.

Reina, a graduate of the Barcelona academy, was a member of the Spain squad that won the 2008 and 2012 World Cups and the European Championships.

He left Villarreal for Liverpool in 2005, where he won the FA Cup and League Cup, as well as the Premier League Golden Glove award, which is presented to the top keeper with the most clean sheets three years in a row from 2005 to 2006.

Reina started 394 games for Liverpool before leaving in 2014, joining teams like Bayern Munich, Napoli, AC Milan, Aston Villa, Lazio, Villarreal, and Como.

When he turned out for Villarreal in 2023, he played the 1, 000th competitive game of his career.

Reina told Movistar, “A very beautiful career is coming to an end, a very full life is coming to an end.” “It’s very fortunate for what I’ve had to go through.