Gustavo Peña
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gustavo Peña Velasco | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Talpa de Allende, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1967 | Oro Guadalajara | ||
| 1967–1970 | Cruz Azul | ||
| 1970–1973 | Jalisco | ||
| 1973–1976 | Monterrey | ||
| 1976–1977 | Laguna | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1961–1974 | Mexico | 82 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1977–1978 | Tampico Madero | ||
| 1978–1979 | Leones Negros | ||
| 1979 | Monterrey | ||
| 1979 | Mexico | ||
| 1980–1983 | Tampico Madero | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gustavo Peña Velasco (born 22 November 1942) is a Mexican football defender and manager.
Life
Born in Talpa de Allende, Peña moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico with his parents when he was young.
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[1] and Club de Fútbol Laguna.[2]
He earned 82 caps and scored 3 goals for the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) from 1961 to 1974,[3] and captained the team in FIFA World Cup (1966 and 1970) tournaments.[4]
International goals
- Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[5]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22 June 1966 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland |  Northern Ireland |
1–? | 1–4 | Friendly |
| 2. | 20 October 1968 | Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru |  Peru |
2–3 | 3–3 | Friendly |
| 3. | 11 June 1970 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Belgium |
1–0 | 1–0 | 1970 FIFA World Cup |
References
- ^ Anceno Rivas; Fr. José Manuel (7 April 2002). ""El Halcón" Peña prepara el vuelo" ["The Hawk" Peña prepares for flight] (in Spanish). Semanario. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ Rosas, Sergio Luis (24 March 2010). "Recuerdos del Ayer" [Memories of yesterday] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreon.
- ^ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando; Reyes Padilla, Macario (6 March 2012). "Mexico - Record International Players". RSSSF.
- ^ "Setenta Aniversario: Gustavo Peña" [Seventieth birthday: Gustavo Peña] (in Spanish). Esto. 25 August 2011.
- ^ "Peña, Gustavo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
External links
- Gustavo Peña – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Gustavo Peña at National-Football-Teams.com
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