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Giovanni Alejandro Reyna was the sensation of the United States match against Mexico. The young soccer player of years old was compared to the very Diego Armando Maradona for a play in which cleanly and simply outwitted half a dozen Mexican players. The midfielder went viral on social networks and aims to be one of the great figures of Concacaf.
The United States boasts a roster full of very talented young soccer players. One of them is Reyna, Borussia Dortmund player and is valued at $50 millions of dollars. The talented midfielder was trained in the New York City academies before going to Germany, where he is considered one of the great promises of the team that plays at home in the Signal Iduna Park.
Despite the fact that he has already played up to ten official matches with the United States senior team, Giovanni Reyna had the opportunity to represent three other countries, each one with very particular football histories.
The three countries that Giovanni Reyna could represent, instead of the United States
All of a sudden, Giovanni Alejandro Reyna was not born in United States. The Borussia Dortmund footballer was born in England, specifically in Durham . The footballer of 19 years old was born in that place because his father played for Sunderland.
On the other hand, his grandparents also gave his grandson more options, unintentionally. Miguel Reyna, Giovanni’s grandfather, played for many years in Argentina, specifically in the First Division of Los Andes ; On his part, his maternal grandmother is from Portugal, a nationality that his father acquired and was transferred to the jewel of 19 year old.
Under these circumstances, Reyna could have played in UEFA (England or Portugal) and in Conmebol (Argentina ), but ended up opting for the United States, the place where he took his first soccer steps and today is a of the faces of the future of Concacaf.
A hard-fought point on the road. 🇺🇸— US Soccer MNT (@USMNT) March , 2022
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