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Carlos Peña (Mexican footballer)

For other people with the same name, see Carlos Peña (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peña and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Carlos Alberto Peña Rodríguez (born 29 March 1990), sometimes known as Gullit, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Carlos Peña
Peña in 2014
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Peña Rodríguez
Date of birth (1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Pachuca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Pachuca 20 (1)
2011–2013 → León (loan) 63 (14)
2013–2015 León 89 (28)
2016–2017 Guadalajara 33 (8)
2017 → León (loan) 17 (2)
2017–2019 Rangers 12 (4)
2018 → Cruz Azul (loan) 8 (0)
2018 → Necaxa (loan) 5 (0)
2019 GKS Tychy 0 (0)
2019–2020 Correcaminos 7 (0)
2020 Tiburón 0 (0)
2021 FAS 21 (4)
2021 Antigua 16 (4)
2022 Vida 2 (0)
2023 Al Dhaid 0 (0)
2023 Hutteen 0 (0)
International career
2012–2016 Mexico 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2022

Club career edit

Pachuca edit

Born in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Peña graduated from C.F. Pachuca's youth categories, and made his first-team debut on 14 April 2010, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–2 away draw against Cruz Azul.[1] He appeared more regularly in the following campaign, playing 19 matches (13 as a starter).

León edit

In May 2011, Peña joined Ascenso MX side Club León.[2] He appeared in 31 matches during his first campaign with Los Panzas Verdes, as the club was promoted from the play-offs. In 2013–14 Peña scored 12 goals, as León was crowned champions of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments (the latter by defeating his former club Pachuca).

Guadalajara edit

On 6 December 2015, C.D. Guadalajara announced they had signed Peña with a reported transfer fee of US$8 million.[3] Peña scored on his official debut against Veracruz on 10 January 2016. Despite a slow start to the Clausura 2016 season, Peña scored seven goals in 17 appearances. However, he has received criticism for his missed penalties during crucial games.

Return to León (loan) edit

On 7 December 2016, it was announced that Peña had returned to Leon after playing a year for Guadalajara.

Rangers edit

On 22 June 2017, Scottish club Rangers announced the signing of Peña on a three-year contract for a fee of £3.2m.[4][5] Peña scored his first Rangers goal in a 4–1 win over Dundee on 9 September.[6] After two loan spells back in Mexico, his contract with Rangers was terminated in February 2019.[7]

GKS Tychy edit

In March 2019 Peña moved, to GKS Tychy.[8]

International career edit

In late 2012, Peña was called up by José Manuel de la Torre to play for Mexico in the World Cup Qualifiers against Guyana on 12 October and El Salvador on 16 October. He was also called up for a friendly against Peru.

Peña was named among the 23-man squad for the 2013 Gold Cup. Mexico was eventually knocked out in the semifinals by runners-up Panama, with Peña appearing in four matches during the competition. He was later called up by Víctor Manuel Vucetich to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches against Panama and Costa Rica. He scored his first international goal against Finland in a friendly match on 30 October 2013. Peña was named in the 23 squad men in the 2014 World Cup. He played in the final group stage match against Croatia replacing Oribe Peralta.[9]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of 8 December 2022[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup 1 Cup 2 Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pachuca 2009–10[11] Liga MX 1 0 — — — — 1 0
2010–11[11] 19 1 — — 1[a] 0 1[b] 0 21 1
Total 20 1 — — 1 0 1 0 22 1
León (loan) 2011–12[11] Ascenso MX 31 6 — — — — 31 6
León (loan) 2012–13[11] Liga MX 32 8 — — — 2[c] 0 34 8
León 2013–14[11] Liga MX 38 12 — — — 8[c] 3 46 15
2014–15[11] 32 8 — — 1[d] 0 — 33 8
2015–16[11] 19 8 6 4 — — — 25 12
Total 89 28 6 4 — 1 0 8 3 104 35
Guadalajara 2015–16[11] Liga MX 19 7 2 0 1 0 — — 22 7
2016–17[11] 14 1 7 0 — — — 21 1
Total 33 8 9 0 1 0 — — 43 8
León (loan) 2016–17[11] Liga MX 17 2 4 1 — — — 21 3
Rangers 2017–18[12] Scottish Premiership 12 4 — 2 1 — — 14 5
Cruz Azul (loan) 2017–18[11] Liga MX 8 0 2 0 — — — 10 0
Necaxa (loan) 2018[11] Liga MX 5 0 4 0 — — — 9 0
Correcaminos 2019–20[11] Ascenso MX 7 0 — — — — 7 0
FAS 2020–21[11] Primera División de El Salvador 21 4 — — — — 21 4
Antigua 2021–22[11] Liga Nacional de Guatemala 16 4 — — — — 16 4
Vida 2022–23[11] Liga Nacional de Honduras 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Career total 293 65 25 5 3 1 3 0 10 3 334 74
  1. ^ Appearance in North American SuperLiga
  2. ^ Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  4. ^ Appearance in CONCACAF Champions League

International edit

As of 12 June 2018[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2012 1 0
2013 10 2
2014 6 0
2015 0 0
2016 2 0
Total 19 2
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Peña goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by Carlos Peña
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 October 2013 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States   Finland 2–0 4–2 Friendly
2 20 November 2013 Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand   New Zealand 4–2 4–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours edit

León

Guadalajara

Necaxa

FAS

References edit

  1. ^ Cruz Azul y Pachuca empatan y mantienen vivas esperanzas (Cruz Azul and Pachuca draw and maintain hopes alive); ESPN Deportes, 14 April 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Brambila vuelve a Pachuca, Peña y Montes al León (Brambila returns to Pachuca, Peña and Montes to León) Archived 25 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Ituzos, 31 May 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "Gullit Peña fue comprado en casi diez millones de dólares". 7 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Mexicans Carlos Pena and Eduardo Herrera sign for Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 June 2017.
  5. ^ Gunn, David (4 June 2017). "Rumour Mill: Rangers interested in McDonald Fee for Pena revealed Duo fly in for Ibrox talks". The Scotsman. Edinburgh: Johnston Press.
  6. ^ "Rangers 4-1 Dundee". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Carlos Pena: Rangers terminate contract of Mexico midfielder". BBC Sport. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Carlos 'Gullit' Peña observa desde la tribuna el empate del GKS Tychy". Marca. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  9. ^ México pasa su ensayo con Finlandia rumbo a la repesca mundialista (Mexico passes warm-up with Finland towards World Cup's play-offs) Archived 28 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine; CNN México, 30 October 2013 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Carlos Peña at Soccerway
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Carlos Peña at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Games played by Carlos Peña in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Peña, Carlos". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  14. ^ "C. Peña". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  15. ^ "¡Chivas Campeón de la SuperCopa MX!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

External links edit

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