Ruperto Reeves

Ruperto Reeves Patterson
Personal information
Full name Ruperto Radeiffo Reeves Patterson
Date of birth (1934-02-12)12 February 1934
Place of birth Santa Elena, Ecuador
Date of death 9 December 2019(2019-12-09) (aged 85)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?-1954 9 de Octubre
1954-1966 Barcelona SC
International career
1959-1963 Ecuador 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ruperto Reeves (12 February 1934 – 9 December 2019) was an Ecuadorian footballer.

He was part of Ecuador's squads for the 1959 (Ecuador) and 1963 Copa America.

In 1957 he scored Barcelona SC's first ever goal in the Ecuadorian Championship.

International career

Reeves was selected in Ecuador's squad for the 1959 South American Championship on home soil and played three games, the one against Uruguay on 6 December being his first cap with Ecuador.

Two days after the end of the tournament, on 27 December 1959, Reeves played a friendly game against Brazil in Guayaquil.

Reeves was also in Ecuador's squad for the 1963 South American Championship, playing two games in the tournament, the game against Brazil on 27 March being his sixth and last cap with Ecuador.

Reeves died on 9 December 2019, at the age of 85.

References

  1. ↑ "South American Championship 1959 (2nd Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "South American Championship 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Fue campeón del mundo tres veces y el único que pudo detenerlo fue un jugador de Barcelona". Un Solo Idolo. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "South American Championship 1959 (2nd Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "R Reeves Patterson Footballer". 11v11. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Ecuador v Brazil, 27 December 1959". 11v11. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "South American Championship 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "R Reeves Patterson Footballer". 11v11. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Ruperto Reeves Patterson se despide con legado; su sepelio, este lunes". El Universo. Retrieved 1 March 2024.