 His debut came on 20 November 1985 in a 0–0 friendly with Austria, in Zaragoza.Reñones embraced a career in politics after retiring, being elected by "Grupo Independiente Liberal" (GIL, founded by longtime Atlético president Jesús Gil) to the Marbella city council.After the local mayor was arrested due to a corruption scandal, he took office in 2006 as interim, but soon faced the same charges and was arrested by the Spanish police, as part of Operation Malaya.