Salvador Reyes Monteón


Salvador Reyes Monteón was a Mexican football player. He played for Guadalajara with 122 goals and 7 championships. Reyes won his first championship in 1957, from then on the club became unstoppable, winning six more titles. He was the last member from the club to win Campeon de Goleo until Omar Bravo won it on April 28, 2007 with 11 goals. It had been 45 years since a player from Guadalajara won the Campeon de Goleo.

Goal scorers

Football PlayerNo. of goals
Salvador Reyes122
Omar Bravo130
Eduardo De la Torre90
Benjamin Galindo78
Crescencio Gutiérrez72

Salvador Reyes won cups and scored 14 goals for the football team from 1956 to 1966, and participated in three FIFA World Cups: 1958, 1962, 1966.
After retirement he would regularly go to Tala, Jalisco to play. His father and brother would coach teams residing there.
At the age of 71, Reyes was registered by Chivas de Guadalajara for the 2008 Clausura season. On January 19, 2008, Reyes was part of the Chivas starting lineup v Pumas de la UNAM at Estadio Jalisco, as part of a tribute organised by the club in his honour. Reyes stayed 50 seconds on the field, being replaced by Omar Bravo and becoming the oldest footballer to play in Mexican Primera División.

International goals

Current careers

Salvador Reyes worked with Chivas USA as a mentor helping to develop the Fuerzas Basicas of the club. He was at The San Bernardino Soccer Complex in 2003 when the Project Sangre Nueva was in development for Chivas U.S. He was part of helping scout the best players for the event and ever since he stayed with the club.
At the age of 71, he was honored by Chivas by making the first kick in a game against Pumas on January 19, 2008.