Diómedes Peña
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diómedes Peña Zúñiga | ||
Date of birth | 21 March 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Robles, Valle, Colombia | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2005 | Bolívar | ||
2005–2007 | KF Tirana[1] | 21 | (2) |
2007–2010 | La Paz | ||
2011 | Aurora | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Diómedes Peña Zúñiga (born 21 March 1976) is a retired Colombian football player.
Club career
Born in Robles, Valle del Cauca, Peña began playing as a central defender for local sides Alianza Robles, El Cóndor and Deportivo Pasto.[2] He moved to Bolivia in 2001, where he played for Mariscal Brown, Iberoamericana, La Paz F.C. and Club Aurora through 2011.[3] Peña also had a spell with KF Tirana in the Albanian Superliga from January 2006 up to January 2007, playing 21 games and scoring 2 goals in the league for the Albanian club, helping them win the Albanian Superliga and the Albanian Supercup. Peña was captain of La Paz, and had a brief spell as a player-manager during 2010.[4]
References
- ^ Profile
- ^ "Colombianos En El Exterior: Bolivia, con aroma de café" (in Spanish). El Pais. 22 November 2003.
- ^ "Colombiano Diomedes Peña llega a Aurora boliviano" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 21 December 2010.
- ^ "Diómedes Peña y Carlos Vargas serán los técnicos de La Paz FC" (in Spanish). Jornadanet.com. 10 September 2010.
Categories:
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Colombian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Deportivo Pasto footballers
- Colombian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Bolivia
- Club Bolívar players
- Colombian expatriates in Bolivia
- Expatriate footballers in Albania
- KF Tirana players
- Colombian expatriates in Albania
- La Paz F.C. players
- Club Aurora players
- Colombian football biography stubs