Berny Peña
{{short description|Costa Rican footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bernabé "Berny" Peña
| fullname = Berny Peña Pizarro
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|10|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Carrillo, Costa Rica
| height = 1.84 m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Defender
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2002–2004
| years2 = 2004–2005
| years3 = 2005–2010
| years4 = 2006
| years5 = 2007
| years6 = 2009
| years7 = 2010
| years8 = 2011
| years9 = 2011
| clubs1 = Guanacasteca
| clubs2 = Municipal Liberia
| clubs3 = Brujas
| clubs4 = → Akratitos (loan)
| clubs5 = → Municipal Liberia (loan)
| clubs6 = → Kavala (loan)
| clubs7 = Municipal Liberia
| clubs8 = Deportivo Quevedo
| clubs9 = Platense
| caps1 =
| caps2 = 26
| caps3 = 98
| caps4 = 12
| caps5 = 10
| caps6 = 7
| caps8 = 9
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 3
| goals3 = 6
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 1
| goals6 = 1
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2005
| nationalteam1 = Costa Rica
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = June 1, 2008
| ntupdate =
}}
{{family name hatnote|Peña|Pizarro|lang=Spanish}}
Bernabé "Berny" Peña Pizarro (born 19 October 1980) is a Costa Rican football player.
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".[http://wvw.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2009/febrero/22/ovacion1871989.html Peña es el más limero] - Al Día {{in lang|es}}
Club career
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.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2006/abril/19/deportes3.html Ledezma, Sunsing y Peña Club de ticos descendió en Grecia] - Nación {{in lang|es}} He then was loaned back to Municipal Liberia and again to Greece to play for second division Kavala.[http://wvw.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2009/enero/28/ovacion1855194.html Berny Peña a Grecia] - Al Día {{in lang|es}} In summer 2010 he returned to Liberia Mía/Águilas Guanacastecas[http://wfnode01.nacion.com/2010-07-15/Deportes/OtrasNoticias/Deportes2448197.aspx Firmó a Berny Peña Presidente de Liberia habla de desorden] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102163256/http://wfnode01.nacion.com/2010-07-15/Deportes/OtrasNoticias/Deportes2448197.aspx |date=January 2, 2015 }} - Nación {{in lang|es}}[http://wvw.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2010/julio/13/ovacion2446658.html Berny Peña jugará con Águilas Guanacastecas] - Al Día {{in lang|es}} and later had spells in Ecuador with Deportivo Quevedo,[http://www.lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1101099364/-1/Veinticinco_jugadores_fueron_inscritos.html Veinticinco jugadores fueron inscritos] - La Hora {{in lang|es}} whom he left after only three months[http://www.lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1101142936/-1/home/goRegional/Manta Seis jugadores no van más en D. Quevedo] - La Hora {{in lang|es}} 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.[http://www.diez.hn/futboldeprimera/405539-99/el-tico-berny-pena-no-es-mas-jugador-del-platense El tico Berny Peña no es más jugador del Platense] - Diez {{in lang|es}}
International career
He was first called up by Steve Sampson in 2004,[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2004/enero/24/deportes0.html Tricolor sale 7 de febrero• Jewisson Bennett y Berny Peña son las novedades en “Sele”] - Nación {{in lang|es}} 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.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam05det.html Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402133826/http://rsssf.com/tablesg/gold-cam05det.html |date=2009-04-02 }} - RSSSF
His final international was a February 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{NFT player|9284}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228134628/http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/futbol/campeonato2006-2007/stats/jugador2007.jsp?opcion=1&codigo=49&camp=4 |date=December 28, 2007 |title=Profile & Statistics at Nacion.com}} {{in lang|es}}
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Category:Footballers from Guanacaste Province
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Costa Rican men's footballers
Category:21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen
Category:Costa Rica men's international footballers
Category:A.D. Municipal Liberia footballers
Category:A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia players
Category:C.D. Quevedo footballers
Category:Platense F.C. players
Category:Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador