Bernabé "Berny" Peña Pizarro (born 19 October 1980) is a Costa Rican football player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Berny Peña Pizarro | ||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Carrillo, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Guanacasteca | ||
| 2004–2005 | Municipal Liberia | 26 | (3) |
| 2005–2010 | Brujas | 98 | (6) |
| 2006 | → Akratitos (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Municipal Liberia (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2009 | → Kavala (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2010 | Municipal Liberia | ||
| 2011 | Deportivo Quevedo | 9 | (0) |
| 2011 | Platense | ||
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Costa Rica | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 1, 2008 | |||
In a 2009 Al Día poll of 71 Costa Rica Premier Division players, Peña was selected as the dirtiest player in the league. He responded, "You have never seen any of my rivals die after one of my fouls, so I don't see the dirty play people talk about".[1]
Club career edit
He started his career at Guanacasteca, before joining Municipal Liberia in 2004. A year later he signed for Brujas. He was sent on loan to Greek club Akratitos, where he played alongside compatriots Froylán Ledezma and William Sunsing, but could not save the club from relegation.[2] He then was loaned back to Municipal Liberia and again to Greece to play for second division Kavala.[3] In summer 2010 he returned to Liberia Mía/Águilas Guanacastecas[4][5] and later had spells in Ecuador with Deportivo Quevedo,[6] whom he left after only three months[7] and in Honduras with Platense, whom he left in November 2011 after new coach Roque Alfaro told him he did not fit into his plans.[8]
International career edit
He was first called up by Steve Sampson in 2004,[9] but Peña made his debut for Costa Rica in a February 2005 friendly match against Ecuador and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country at the 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup.[10]
His final international was a February 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras.
References edit
- ^ Peña es el más limero - Al Día (in Spanish)
- ^ Ledezma, Sunsing y Peña Club de ticos descendió en Grecia - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Berny Peña a Grecia - Al Día (in Spanish)
- ^ Firmó a Berny Peña Presidente de Liberia habla de desorden Archived January 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Berny Peña jugará con Águilas Guanacastecas - Al Día (in Spanish)
- ^ Veinticinco jugadores fueron inscritos - La Hora (in Spanish)
- ^ Seis jugadores no van más en D. Quevedo - La Hora (in Spanish)
- ^ El tico Berny Peña no es más jugador del Platense - Diez (in Spanish)
- ^ Tricolor sale 7 de febrero• Jewisson Bennett y Berny Peña son las novedades en “Sele” - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
External links edit
- Berny Peña at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile & Statistics at Nacion.com at the Wayback Machine (archived December 28, 2007) (in Spanish)