Claudio Reyna is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on July 20, 1973 in Livingston, New Jersey, United States. He was captain of the Americans at 2006. FIFA World Cup, playing with He captained the Americans in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, playing alongside Michael Bradley..
Claudio Reyna (born July 20, 1973) is a retired American soccer player and current Sporting Director of Austin FC.
Highly recruited out of high school, Reyna elected to attend the University of Virginia from 1991–1993 on a full-ride scholarship. While at Virginia, he spent three seasons on the men’s soccer team, coached by future U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena. The Cavaliers would go on to win the NCAA Championship each of his three seasons. On an individual level, Reyna won the Hermann Trophy in 1993 and the MAC Award in 1992 and 1993; and was named the 1992 and 1993 Soccer America Player of the Year. In 2000, the magazine placed him on its Team of the Century and named him the Male Player of the Century.
He was married to Danielle Egan in July, 1997. Jack, their son Jack passed away from cancer around the age 13 years old.
He played in the NCAA soccer tournament in the University of Virginia and began his professional career with Bayer Leverkusen in 1994.
Reyna’s father Miguel moved to the United States in 1968 from Argentina, where he had gone through the youth system of Independiente and played professionally with Los Andes. He settled in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey in the 1970s, married a Portuguese American woman, Maria Silva, and raised a family. Reyna was born in Livingston, New Jersey, where he learned the game from his father.
