Gustavo Peña

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gustavo Peña

| image = Gustavo Peña.jpg

| caption = Peña in 1970

| fullname = Gustavo Peña Velasco

| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|11|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Talpa de Allende, Jalisco, Mexico

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|19|1942|11|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Mexico City, Mexico

| height = {{height|m=1.84|precision=0}}

| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1960–1967

| years2 = 1967–1970

| years3 = 1970–1973

| years4 = 1973–1976

| years5 = 1976–1977

| clubs1 = Oro Guadalajara

| clubs2 = Cruz Azul

| clubs3 = Jalisco

| clubs4 = Monterrey

| clubs5 = Laguna

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| caps5 = 3

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| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1961–1974

| nationalteam1 = Mexico

| nationalcaps1 = 82

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| manageryears1 = 1977–1978

| managerclubs1 = Tampico Madero

| manageryears2 = 1978–1979

| managerclubs2 = Leones Negros

| manageryears3 = 1979

| managerclubs3 = Monterrey

| manageryears4 = 1979

| managerclubs4 = Mexico

| manageryears5 = 1980–1983

| managerclubs5 = Tampico Madero

}}

Gustavo Peña Velasco (22 November 1942 – 19 January 2021) was a Mexican professional footballer and manager.

Life

Born in Talpa de Allende, Peña moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, with his parents when he was young.

Gustavo Peña died of COVID-19 in Mexico City on 19 January 2021, at age 78, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[https://bolavip.com/concacaf/Cruz-Azul-fallecio-Gustavo-Pena-idolo-de-la-institucion--Liga-MX-20210119-0067.html Falleció Gustavo Halcón Peña, símbolo de Cruz Azul y de la Selección mexicana] {{in lang|es}}

Career

He began playing football with local side CD Oro. He played for nearly twenty years in the Primera División with Oro, Cruz Azul, Monterrey{{cite web|publisher=Semanario|author1=Anceno Rivas|author2=Fr. José Manuel|title="El Halcón" Peña prepara el vuelo|trans-title="The Hawk" Peña prepares for flight|url=http://www.semanario.com.mx/2002/270-07042002/Actualidades.html|language=es|date=7 April 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000715/http://www.semanario.com.mx/2002/270-07042002/Actualidades.html|archive-date=4 March 2016}} and Club de Fútbol Laguna.{{cite web|publisher=El Siglo de Torreón|author=Rosas, Sergio Luis|title=Recuerdos del Ayer|trans-title=Memories of yesterday|url=http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/510407.recuerdos-del-ayer.html|language=es|date=24 March 2010}}

He earned 82 caps and scored 3 goals for the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) from 1961 to 1974,{{cite web|author1=Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando |author2=Reyes Padilla, Macario|title=Mexico - Record International Players|website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/mex-recintlp.html|date=6 March 2012}} and captained the team in FIFA World Cup (1966 and 1970) tournaments.{{cite web|publisher=Esto|title=Setenta Aniversario: Gustavo Peña|trans-title=Seventieth birthday: Gustavo Peña|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n2200120.htm|language=es|date=25 August 2011|access-date=5 June 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055657/http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n2200120.htm|url-status=dead}}

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17250/Gustavo_Pena.html|title=Peña, Gustavo|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=11 April 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1.	22 June 1966	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	{{fb\|NIR}}	align=center \| 1–?	align=center \| 1–4	Friendly
2.	20 October 1968	Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru	{{fb\|PER}}	align=center \| 2–3	align=center \| 3–3	Friendly
3.	11 June 1970	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	{{fb\|BEL}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 1–0	1970 FIFA World Cup

Honours

=Player=

Individual

RSSSF CONCACAF Championship Team of The Tournament: 1965,{{Cite web |title=II COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1965 (NORCECA) - Match Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca65det.html |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.rsssf.org}} 1967{{Cite web |title=III COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1967 (NORCECA) - Match Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca67det.html |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.rsssf.org}}
CONCACAF Team of the Century: 1998[http://www.socceramerica.com/article/18669/balboa-ramos-named-to-concacaf-team-of-the-centu.html "Balboa, Ramos named to CONCACAF "Team of the Century""] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005115509/http://www.socceramerica.com/article/18669/balboa-ramos-named-to-concacaf-team-of-the-centu.html |date=5 October 2016 }}, Soccer America, 14 May 1998.

=Manager=

Leones Negros

CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1978{{cite tweet |author=Leones Negros de la UdeG |user=LeonesNegrosCF |number=1351603446814826497 |date=19 January 2021 |title=Gracias por rugir con nosotros. Descanse en Paz, Gustavo "Halcón" Peña. 🙌🦁 🏆DT. Campeón Torneo Nuevos Valores.🇧🇪 🏆DT. Campeón de CONCACAF. 🇧🇪 Siempre estarás en el corazón de esta manada, tu manada. 👏👏👏 https://t.co/jEkW2RZZ6N |trans-title=Thanks for roaring with us. Rest in Peace, Gustavo "Halcón" Peña. 🙌🦁 🏆DT. New Values Tournament Champion.🇧🇪 🏆DT. CONCACAF champion. 🇧🇪 You will always be at the heart of this pack, your pack. 👏👏👏 |language=es |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120002127/https://twitter.com/leonesnegroscf/status/1351603446814826497 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |url-status=live}}