Milton Reyes

{{Short description|Honduran footballer and manager (born 1974)}}

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| name = Milton Reyes

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| fullname = Milton Alexánder Reyes Galeas

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1974|5|2}}

| birth_place = Arenal, Yoro, Honduras

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1993–1995 | clubs1 = Yoro | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1995–1997 | clubs2 = Independiente Villela | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1997–2002 | clubs3 = Motagua | caps3 = | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2002–2003 | clubs4 = D.C. United | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2004–2004 | clubs5 = Dallas Burn | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2005–2011 | clubs6 = Motagua | caps6 = | goals6 = 4

| nationalyears1 = 1999–2006 | nationalteam1 = Honduras | nationalcaps1 = 41 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2013 | managerclubs1 = Motagua

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| pcupdate = 22 November 2011

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Milton Alexánder Reyes Galeas (born 2 May 1974) is a retired Honduran football player, who played for primarily F.C. Motagua.

Club career

Nicknamed Jocón, Reyes began playing professional football as a central defender with Yoro FC of the Honduran second division in 1993. He moved to then newly promoted Independiente Villela, for whom he made his debut in the Honduran National League on 24 September 1995 against Vida.[http://archivo.laprensa.hn/content/view/full/382356 Desafíe a Ismael] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130616034800/http://archivo.laprensa.hn/content/view/full/382356 |date=16 June 2013 }} – La Prensa {{in lang|es}} He subsequently moved to Motagua, one of Honduras's most prestigious clubs, where he would play from 1997 to 2002, helping the club to five championships.

=Major League Soccer=

In 2002, he moved to Major League Soccer, where he signed a contract with D.C. United.[http://www.socceramerica.com/article/12411/mls-dc-united-signs-honduran-defender-milton-re.html MLS: D.C. United signs Honduran defender Milton Reyes] – Soccer Reyes immediately impressed with his offensive forays from the right back position, and ended the season with 24 starts and two assists to his credit. Unfortunately, Reyes tore his ACL in the 2003 preseason, and was forced to miss all of the 2003 season.

Upon his return, Reyes was cut by D.C. United for salary cap reasons, and after considering a return to Honduras, decided to stay in MLS and sign with the Dallas Burn.[http://m.mlssoccer.com/news/article/burn-acquires-honduran-defender-milton-reyes Burn acquires Honduran defender Milton Reyes] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130616034733/http://m.mlssoccer.com/news/article/burn-acquires-honduran-defender-milton-reyes |date=16 June 2013 }} – MLSSoccer Although Reyes initially did not impress in Dallas, as he regained his old form his attacking abilities shone through, and he ended the season at Dallas starting both at the left midfield and left back positions for the team, ending the season with 828 minutes in nine starts. Reyes left the team after the season.

=Back at Motagua=

He came back to Motagua in 2005. Reyes announced his retirement after finishing the 2008 Clausura tournament but was persuaded to stay with the club until 2011.[http://archivo.laprensa.hn/content/view/full/463755 “Jocón” Reyes espera llegar a jugar a los 40] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130616034602/http://archivo.laprensa.hn/content/view/full/463755 |date=16 June 2013 }} – La Prensa {{in lang|es}} He retired after the clasico against Olimpia on 30 October 2011.[http://www.elheraldo.hn/Secciones-Principales/Zona-Deportiva/Estar-parado-tambien-cansa “Estar parado también cansa”] – El Heraldo {{in lang|es}}

=Domestic goals summary=

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width="25" \| # ! width="100" \| Date ! width="100" \| Season ! width="150" \| Playing for ! width="150" \| Opponent ! width="100" \| Final score
align="center" \| 1 \| align="center" \| 2006-05-11 \| align="center" \| 2005–06 C \| Motagua \| Olimpia \| align="center" \| 2–1 W
align="center" \| 2 \| align="center" \| 2006-11-19 \| align="center" \| 2006–07 A \| Motagua \| Vida \| align="center" \| 2–0 W
align="center" \| 3 \| align="center" \| 2007-01-28 \| align="center" \| 2006–07 C \| Motagua \| Atlético Olanchano \| align="center" \| 2–1 W
align="center" \| 4 \| align="center" \| 2007-11-25 \| align="center" \| 2007–08 A \| Motagua \| Victoria \| align="center" \| 1–0 W

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width="25" | #

! width="100" | Date

! width="100" | Season

! width="150" | Playing for

! width="150" | Opponent

! width="100" | Final score

align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 2006-05-11

| align="center" | 2005–06 C

| Motagua

| Olimpia

| align="center" | 2–1 W

align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 2006-11-19

| align="center" | 2006–07 A

| Motagua

| Vida

| align="center" | 2–0 W

align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 2007-01-28

| align="center" | 2006–07 C

| Motagua

| Atlético Olanchano

| align="center" | 2–1 W

align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 2007-11-25

| align="center" | 2007–08 A

| Motagua

| Victoria

| align="center" | 1–0 W

International career

Reyes made his debut for Honduras in a March 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Belize and has earned a total of 41 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 17 FIFA World Cup qualification matches{{FIFA player|3740}} and played at the 1999[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam99.html UNCAF Tournament 1999] – RSSSF and 2005 UNCAF Nations Cups[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam05det.html Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 – Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402133826/http://rsssf.com/tablesg/gold-cam05det.html |date=2 April 2009 }} – RSSSF as well as at the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 – Full Details] – RSSSF He also appeared in the first match when Honduras took third place at the 2001 Copa América.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2001safull.html Copa América 2001] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019104840/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/2001safull.html |date=19 October 2013 }} – RSSSF