Sergio Peña (Peruvian footballer)

Sergio Fernando Peña Flores (born 28 September 1995) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Dutch club FC Emmen as an attacking midfielder.

For the Honduran footballer, see Sergio Peña (Honduran footballer).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peña and the second or maternal family name is Flores.

Sergio Peña
Personal information
Full name Sergio Fernando Peña Flores
Date of birth (1995-09-28) 28 September 1995
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Emmen
Number 10
Youth career
2003–2013 Alianza Lima
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Alianza Lima 30 (0)
2014–2017 Granada B 38 (5)
2015 → Alianza Lima (loan) 8 (0)
2016–2017 → San Martín de Porres (loan) 27 (3)
2017–2019 Granada 19 (1)
2018–2019 → Tondela (loan) 32 (1)
2019– FC Emmen 27 (4)
National team‡
2015 Peru U20 20 (6)
2017– Peru 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2018

Club career

Born in Lima, Peña finished his formation with hometown's Alianza Lima, after joining the club's youth setup in 2003, aged eight.[1] On 18 February 2012, aged only 16, he made his first team debut, starting in a 2–2 home draw against León de Huánuco for the Torneo Descentralizado championship.[2] It was his maiden appearance of the season, under manager Pepe Soto.

Peña was made a starter by new manager Wilmar Valencia for the 2013 campaign. On 16 March 2013, he played his first Peruvian Clásico, replacing Henry Quinteros in the 69th minute and providing the assist for Yordy Reyna's winning goal in the 84th minute.[3]

On 23 May 2013, Peña was sold to an investment group linked to Udinese Calcio and Granada CF.[4] He was assigned to the latter's reserves in Segunda División B.

Peña subsequently had loans to his former club Alianza Lima and Universidad de San Martín de Porres, before returning to Granada and its reserve team in January 2017. On 1 September of that year, he extended his contract until 2020 and was definitely promoted to the main squad.[5]

On 13 July 2018, Peña was loaned to Primeira Liga side C.D. Tondela on a one-year deal.[6]

On 3 August 2019, he signed for Eredivisie side FC Emmen on a three-year contract.

International career

Peña was named in the Peru national team's senior squad for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Argentina and Chile in September 2016, as well as the qualifiers against Venezuela and Uruguay in March 2017.[7] In May 2018, he was named in Peru’s provisional 24 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[8] However, a few days later he was taken off the provisional 24-man squad to make room for Paolo Guerrero. With Pena saying “It was the hardest day of my career.”

References
  1. Conoce a Sergio Peña, la joven figura aliancista (Know Sergio Peña, the new aliancista pearl); CMD, 18 March 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. "León se llevó empate de Matute" [León gets a draw in Matute] (in Spanish). Ovación. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  3. "Alianza Lima extendió su paternidad sobre Universitario" [Alianza Lima extended their advantage over Universitario] (in Spanish). Dépor. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  4. "Alianza Lima vendió a Sergio Peña por un millón de dólares" [Alianza Lima sold Sergio Peña for one million dollars] (in Spanish). Dépor. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  5. "Comunicado | Sergio Peña renueva su contrato con el Granada CF" [Announcement | Sergio Peña renews his contract with Granada CF] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  6. "El Granada cede a Sergio Peña al Tondela portugués" [Granada loan Sergio Peña to Portugal's Tondela] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  7. "Perú: La lista de Gareca para las Eliminatorias". elgrafico.com.ar. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  8. Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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