Berny Peña
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Berny Peña Pizarro | ||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Carrillo, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Guanacasteca | ||
| 2004–2005 | Municipal Liberia | 26 | (3) |
| 2005–2010 | Brujas | 98 | (6) |
| 2006 | → Akratitos (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Municipal Liberia (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2009 | → Kavala (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2010 | Municipal Liberia | ||
| 2011 | Deportivo Quevedo | 9 | (0) |
| 2011 | Platense | ||
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Costa Rica | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 1, 2008 | |||
Template:Spanish name 2 Bernabé "Berny" Peña Pizarro (born 19 October 1980 in Carrillo) is a Costa Rican football player.
Known as the Axeman or Hachero, he is also well known for telling an 18-year-old player that if he did not handle playing with men, he should play in the U-18 after stepping on the young man's face.[citation needed] Currently holds the record for the soccer player with the most alimony debts in the Costa Rican soccer history.[citation needed] He also has an incredible stat of seeing a red card every 3 games he plays, sometimes including the 2-game suspension.[citation needed]
When asked about his brutal way of playing, he once replied "You have never seen any of my rivals die after one of my fouls, so I don't see where is the dirty playing people talk about".[1]
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.[2] He then was loaned back to Municipal Liberia and again to Greece to play for second division Kavala.[3] In summer 2010 he returned to Liberia Mía/Águilas Guanacastecas[4][5] and later had spells in Ecuador with Deportivo Quevedo,[6] whom he left after only three months[7] 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.[8]
International career
He was first called up by Steve Sampson in 2004,[9] 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.[10]
His final international was a February 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras.
References
- ^ Peña es el más limero - Al Día Template:Es
- ^ Ledezma, Sunsing y Peña Club de ticos descendió en Grecia - Nación Template:Es
- ^ Berny Peña a Grecia - Al Día Template:Es
- ^ Firmó a Berny Peña Presidente de Liberia habla de desorden - Nación Template:Es
- ^ Berny Peña jugará con Águilas Guanacastecas - Al Día Template:Es
- ^ Veinticinco jugadores fueron inscritos - La Hora Template:Es
- ^ Seis jugadores no van más en D. Quevedo - La Hora Template:Es
- ^ El tico Berny Peña no es más jugador del Platense - Diez Template:Es
- ^ Tricolor sale 7 de febrero• Jewisson Bennett y Berny Peña son las novedades en “Sele” - Nación Template:Es
- ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details - RSSSF
External links
- Berny Peña at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile & Statistics at Nacion.com Template:Es icon
- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Guanacaste Province
- Association football defenders
- Costa Rican footballers
- Costa Rica international footballers
- 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- Copa Centroamericana-winning players
- Municipal Liberia footballers
- Brujas FC players
- Akratitos FC players
- Kavala F.C. players
- Deportivo Quevedo footballers
- Platense F.C. players
- Costa Rican expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Ecuador
- Expatriate footballers in Honduras