Ruperto Reeves
{{Short description|Ecuadorian footballer (1934–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Ruperto Reeves Patterson
|image =
|caption =
|fullname = Ruperto Radeiffo Reeves Patterson
|birth_date = {{birth date|1934|2|12|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Santa Elena, Ecuador
|death_date = {{death date and age|2019|12|9|1934|2|12|df=yes}}
|death_place =
|position = Midfielder
|years1 = ?-1954
|clubs1 = 9 de Octubre
|years2 = 1954-1966
|clubs2 = Barcelona SC
|nationalteam1 = Ecuador
|nationalyears1 = 1959-1963
|nationalcaps1 = 6
|nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Ruperto Reeves (12 February 1934 – 9 December 2019) was an Ecuadorian footballer.
He was part of Ecuador's squads for the 1959 (Ecuador) {{cite web |title=South American Championship 1959 (2nd Tournament) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/59-2safull.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=1 March 2024}} and 1963{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/63safull.html |title=South American Championship 1963 |work=RSSSF |access-date=12 July 2021}} Copa America.
In 1957 he scored Barcelona SC's first ever goal in the Ecuadorian Championship. {{cite web |title=Fue campeón del mundo tres veces y el único que pudo detenerlo fue un jugador de Barcelona |url=https://www.unsoloidolo.ec/noticiasdebarcelonadeecuador/Fue-campeon-del-mundo-tres-veces-y-el-unico-que-pudo-detenerlo-fue-un-jugador-de-Barcelona-20221229-0010.html?amp=1 |website=Un Solo Idolo |access-date=1 March 2024}}
International career
Reeves was selected in Ecuador's squad for the 1959 South American Championship on home soil and played three games, {{cite web |title=South American Championship 1959 (2nd Tournament) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/59-2safull.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=1 March 2024}} the one against Uruguay on 6 December being his first cap with Ecuador. {{cite web |title=R Reeves Patterson Footballer |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/r-reeves-patterson-64223/ |website=11v11 |access-date=1 March 2024}}
Two days after the end of the tournament, on 27 December 1959, Reeves played a friendly game against Brazil in Guayaquil. {{cite web |title=Ecuador v Brazil, 27 December 1959 |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/ecuador-v-brazil-27-december-1959-227500/ |website=11v11 |access-date=1 March 2024}}
Reeves was also in Ecuador's squad for the 1963 South American Championship, playing two games in the tournament, {{cite web |title=South American Championship 1963 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/63safull.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=1 March 2024}} the game against Brazil on 27 March being his sixth and last cap with Ecuador. {{cite web |title=R Reeves Patterson Footballer |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/r-reeves-patterson-64223/ |website=11v11 |access-date=1 March 2024}}
Reeves died on 9 December 2019, at the age of 85. {{cite web |title=Ruperto Reeves Patterson se despide con legado; su sepelio, este lunes |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/2019/12/10/nota/7640252/reeves-patterson-se-despide-legado/?outputType=amp |website=El Universo |access-date=1 March 2024}}
References
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{{Ecuador squad 1963 South American Championship}}
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Category:Ecuadorian men's footballers
Category:Ecuador men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Barcelona S.C. footballers
Category:People from Santa Elena Province
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