Juan Manuel Peña
Personal information
Full name	Juan Manuel Peña Montaño
Date of birth	January 17, 1973 (1973-01-17) (age 36)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Tahuichi Academy
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1993 1993–1995 1995–2004 2004–2007 2007–2009	Blooming Independiente Santa Fe Valladolid Villarreal Celta Vigo	048 (0) 062 (0) 249 (0) 056 (1) 033 (0)
National team
1991–2009	Bolivia	085 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

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

[edit] Club career

Peña played for Club Blooming in his 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.^[1]

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 level.

Following two seasons of intermittent use, Peña retired in mid-November 2009 aged 36, not wishing to pursue his career anymore, after careful deliberation.

[edit] International career

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,^[2] 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.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

• Villarreal:
  • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• NationalFootballTeams data
• Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
• International appearances, at RSSSF

Juan Manuel Peña international tournaments v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1991 Copa América 1 Barrero • 2 Rimba • 3 Jiguchi • 4 Saldías • 5 Ferrufino • 6 Rivero • 7 Borja • 8 Melgar • 9 Suárez • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Moreno • 12 M. Soria • 13 J. Peña • 14 Medrano • 15 Soruco • 16 Sánchez • 17 Chávez • 18 Molina • 19 Á. Peña • 20 R. Castillo • 21 Baldivieso • 22 Aragón • Coach: Blacutt v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1993 Copa América 1 Rojas • 2 J. Peña • 3 Sandy • 4 Rimba • 5 Quinteros • 6 Borja • 7 Villarroel • 8 Melgar • 9 Á. Peña • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Moreno • 12 Torrico • 13 Soruco • 14 Ríos • 15 Pérez • 16 Cristaldo • 17 Ramallo • 18 Noro • 19 I. Castillo • 20 R. Castillo • 21 Sánchez • 22 Baldivieso • Coach: Azkargorta v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Trucco • 2 J. Peña • 3 Sandy • 4 Rimba • 5 Quinteros • 6 Borja • 7 Pinedo • 8 Melgar • 9 A. Peña • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Moreno • 12 Rojas • 13 Soruco • 14 Ramos • 15 Soria • 16 Cristaldo • 17 O. Sánchez • 18 Ramallo • 19 Torrico • 20 Castillo • 21 E. Sánchez • 22 Baldivieso • Coach: Azkargorta v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1995 Copa América 1 Trucco • 2 Castillo • 3 Sandy • 4 Rimba • 5 J. Peña • 6 Cristaldo • 7 Angola • 8 Melgar • 9 A. Peña • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Mercado • 12 Torrico • 13 Sánchez • 14 Ramos • 15 Quinteros • 16 Ruiz • 17 Suárez • 18 Borja • 19 Arteaga • 20 Baldivieso • 21 Medeiros • 22 Soria • Coach: López Habas v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1997 Copa América Runners-up 1 Trucco • 2 Peña • 3 Sandy • 4 Rimba • 5 Ó. Sánchez • 6 V. Soria • 7 S. Castillo • 8 Melgar • 9 Moreno • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Gutiérrez • 12 M. Soria • 13 Jiguchi • 14 Tufiño • 15 Blanco • 16 Cristaldo • 17 Méndez • 18 Coimbra • 19 I. Castillo • 20 R. Castillo • 21 E. Sánchez • 22 Baldivieso • Coach: López Habas v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1999 Copa América 1 Fernández • 2 J. Peña • 3 Sandy • 4 Rimba • 5 Ó. Sánchez • 6 Ochoaizpur • 7 Gutiérrez • 8 Tufiño • 9 Moreno • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Coimbra • 12 Galarza • 13 Liendo • 14 Lozano • 15 Cristaldo • 16 Soria • 17 Justiniano • 18 Quinteros • 19 Castillo • 20 Ribera • 21 E. Sánchez • 22 Antelo • Coach: Veira v • d • e Bolivia squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Fernández • 2 Peña • 3 Arana • 4 Álvarez • 5 O.Sánchez • 6 Cristaldo • 7 Gutiérrez • 8 Tufiño • 9 Moreno • 10 Etcheverry • 11 Galindo • 12 Galarza • 13 Botero • 14 E.Sánchez • 15 Menacho • 16 Soria • 17 Justiniano • 18 Quinteros • 19 Castillo • 20 Ribera • Coach: Veira v • d • e Bolivia squad – 2007 Copa América 1 Suárez • 2 Peña • 3 Méndez • 4 Álvarez • 5 Reyes • 6 García • 7 Sossa • 8 Mojica • 9 Moreno • 10 Vaca • 11 Cabrera • 12 Galarza • 13 Rodríguez • 14 Hoyos • 15 Ortíz • 16 Raldes • 17 Arce • 18 Galindo • 19 Andaveris • 20 Lima • 21 Campos • 22 Peña • Coach: Sánchez