Juan Manuel Peña

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Juan Manuel Peña
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Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Peña Montaño
Date of birth January 17, 1973 (1973-01-17) (age 36)
Place of birth    Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Free agent
Youth career
Tahuichi Academy
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1990–1993
1993–1995
1995–2004
2004–2007
2007–2009
Blooming
Independiente Santa Fe
Valladolid
Villarreal
Celta Vigo
048 (0)
062 (0)
249 (0)
056 (1)
033 (0)   
National team2
1991–present Bolivia 085 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 31 July 2009.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 8 June 2009.
* Appearances (Goals)

Juan Manuel Peña Montaño (born January 17, 1973 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian footballer who is currently unattached. He plays mainly as a central defender.

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[edit] Club career

Peña played for Club Blooming and Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia, before moving to Spain in 1995. At Real Valladolid, he was a defensive stalwart for nine seasons, leaving for Villarreal CF upon his first team's 2004 relegation.[1]

At Villarreal, Peña figured less prominently, but managed to score a rare goal, in a 3-0 home success over Málaga CF, on December 19, 2004. After just six league appearances during 2006-07, he switched to Celta de Vigo, in the second level.

[edit] International career

Upon his debut for the Bolivia national team in 1991 (aged 18), Peña went on to became one of its most capped players and team captain.

With over 80 international matches,[2]he played a FIFA World Cup game, against Spain in 1994 (1-3), also appearing in five Copa América editions.

Peña scored only once for Bolivia, in a friendly match against Honduras played in Washington, on October 11, 2003.

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