Ex-Liverpool & Spain keeper Reina to retire aged 42

Former Spain and Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina will discontinue from playing astatine nan extremity of this season.

The 42-year-old is presently astatine Italian nine Como, who will play nan last crippled of their run erstwhile they big Inter Milan successful Serie A connected Friday.

Reina, who came done nan Barcelona academy, was portion of nan Spain squad which won nan 2010 World Cup and nan European Championship successful 2008 and 2012.

He joined Liverpool from Villarreal successful 2005 and won nan FA Cup and League Cup pinch nan Reds arsenic he besides claimed nan Premier League Golden Glove grant - fixed to nan top-flight keeper pinch nan astir cleanable sheets - 3 seasons successful a statement from 2005-06.

Reina made 394 appearances for Liverpool earlier leaving successful 2014 and going connected to person spells astatine Bayern Munich, Napoli, AC Milan, Aston Villa, Lazio, Villarreal and Como.

He played nan 1,000th competitory crippled of his profession successful 2023 erstwhile he turned retired for Villarreal successful 2023.

"A very beautiful profession is coming to an end, a very afloat life," Reina told Movistar. "I consciousness very fortunate for what I've experienced.

"I didn't expect it, but I deliberation nan clip has travel and I consciousness for illustration bringing it to a adjacent here."