Juan Manuel Peña

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Peña and the second or maternal family name is Montaño.

Juan Manuel Peña

Personal information
Full name	Juan Manuel Peña Montaño
Date of birth	January 17, 1973 (1973-01-17)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Youth career
	Tahuichi Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1993	Blooming	48	(0)
1993–1995	Santa Fe	62	(0)
1995–2004	Valladolid	249	(0)
2004–2007	Villarreal	56	(1)
2007–2009	Celta	33	(0)
2010	D.C. United	10	(0)
National team
1991–2009	Bolivia	85	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Juan Manuel Peña Montaño (born 17 January 1973 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a former Bolivian footballer who played as a central defender.

The vast majority of his professional career was spent in Spain, where he played a total of 14 years for three teams, playing in a total of 305 La Liga games.

Career

Club

Peña played for Club Blooming in his home country 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.

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 division.

Following two seasons of intermittent use, Peña retired in mid-November 2009 aged 36, not wishing to pursue his career anymore, after careful deliberation. However, on March 25 of the following year, he signed with D.C. United of the Major League Soccer.

International

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, 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. In his penultimate appearance, on April 1, 2009, he helped to the home demolition of Argentina, 6–1 in La Paz for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	October 11, 2003	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C, United States	Honduras	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

• Villarreal:
  • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004

See also

• List of current MLS players
• List of current MLS players with national team caps

External links

• MLS player profile
• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Juan Manuel Peña at National-Football-Teams.com
• Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
• International appearances, at RSSSF