Giovanni Reyna was born in Sunderland, England, while his father Claudio, the former United States captain, was playing for Sunderland. He grew up in New York and moved to Borussia Dortmund’s academy as a teenager.
He broke into Dortmund’s first team in 2020 and won the DFB-Pokal with the club in 2021. Injuries interrupted his progress, and after loans and a spell at Borussia Mönchengladbach he joined Strasbourg in 2026.
Reyna is a creative attacking midfielder and has played for the United States, including at the 2022 World Cup.
Career in numbers
Across 8 seasons of senior club football, beginning in 2019/20, Reyna has played 180 matches and scored 21 goals for 4 clubs. His most productive season in front of goal was 2020/21, when he scored 7 times in 46 games for Borussia Dortmund. So far in 2026/27 he has 1 goal in 5 appearances for Strasbourg. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.