Carlos Peña (Mexican footballer)

Carlos Alberto Peña Rodríguez (born 29 March 1990), sometimes known as Gullit, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

For other people with the same name, see Carlos Peña (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peña and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Carlos Peña
Peña in 2014
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Peña Rodríguez
Date of birth (1990-03-29) 29 March 1990
Place of birth Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hutteen SC
Youth career
Pachuca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Pachuca 20 (1)
2011–2013 → León (loan) 63 (14)
2013–2015 León 89 (28)
2016–2017 Guadalajara 33 (8)
2017 → León (loan) 17 (2)
2017–2019 Rangers 12 (4)
2018 → Cruz Azul (loan) 8 (0)
2018 → Necaxa (loan) 5 (0)
2019 GKS Tychy 0 (0)
2019–2020 Correcaminos 7 (0)
2020 Tiburón 0 (0)
2021 FAS 21 (4)
2021 Antigua 16 (4)
2022 Vida 2 (0)
2023 Al Dhaid
2023 Hutteen
International career
2012–2016 Mexico 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2022

Club career

Pachuca

Born in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Peña graduated from C.F. Pachuca's youth categories, and made his first-team debut on 14 April 2010, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–2 away draw against Cruz Azul.[1] He appeared more regularly in the following campaign, playing 19 matches (13 as a starter).

León

In May 2011, Peña joined Ascenso MX side Club León.[2] He appeared in 31 matches during his first campaign with Los Panzas Verdes, as the club was promoted from the play-offs. In 2013–14 Peña scored 12 goals, as León was crowned champions of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments (the latter by defeating his former club Pachuca).

Guadalajara

On 6 December 2015, C.D. Guadalajara announced they had signed Peña with a reported transfer fee of US$8 million.[3] Peña scored on his official debut against Veracruz on 10 January 2016. Despite a slow start to the Clausura 2016 season, Peña scored seven goals in 17 appearances. However, he has received criticism for his missed penalties during crucial games.

Return to León (loan)

On 7 December 2016, it was announced that Peña had returned to Leon after playing a year for Guadalajara.

Rangers

On 22 June 2017, Scottish club Rangers announced the signing of Peña on a three-year contract for a fee of £3.2m.[4][5] Peña scored his first Rangers goal in a 4–1 win over Dundee on 9 September.[6] After two loan spells back in Mexico, his contract with Rangers was terminated in February 2019.[7]

GKS Tychy

In March 2019 Peña moved, to GKS Tychy.[8]

International career

In late 2012, Peña was called up by José Manuel de la Torre to play for Mexico in the World Cup Qualifiers against Guyana on 12 October and El Salvador on 16 October. He was also called up for a friendly against Peru.

Peña was named among the 23-man squad for the 2013 Gold Cup. Mexico was eventually knocked out in the semifinals by runners-up Panama, with Peña appearing in four matches during the competition. He was later called up by Víctor Manuel Vucetich to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches against Panama and Costa Rica. He scored his first international goal against Finland in a friendly match on 30 October 2013. Peña was named in the 23 squad men in the 2014 World Cup. He played in the final group stage match against Croatia replacing Oribe Peralta.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 December 2022[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup 1 Cup 2 Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pachuca 2009–10[11] Liga MX 10————10
2010–11[11] 191——1[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]0211
Total 201——1010221
León (loan) 2011–12[11] Ascenso MX 316————316
León (loan) 2012–13[11] Liga MX 328———2[lower-alpha 3]0348
León 2013–14[11] Liga MX 3812———8[lower-alpha 3]34615
2014–15[11] 328——1[lower-alpha 4]0—338
2015–16[11] 19864———2512
Total 892864—108310435
Guadalajara 2015–16[11] Liga MX 1972010——227
2016–17[11] 14170———211
Total 3389010——438
León (loan) 2016–17[11] Liga MX 17241———213
Rangers 2017–18[12] Scottish Premiership 124—21——145
Cruz Azul (loan) 2017–18[11] Liga MX 8020———100
Necaxa (loan) 2018[11] Liga MX 5040———90
Correcaminos 2019–20[11] Ascenso MX 70————70
FAS 2020–21[11] Primera División de El Salvador 214————214
Antigua 2021–22[11] Liga Nacional de Guatemala 164————164
Vida 2022–23[11] Liga Nacional de Honduras 20————20
Career total 29365255313010333474
  1. Appearance in North American SuperLiga
  2. Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
  3. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  4. Appearance in CONCACAF Champions League

International
As of 12 June 2018[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mexico 201210
2013102
201460
201500
201620
Total192
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Peña goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by Carlos Peña
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
130 October 2013Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States Finland2–04–2Friendly
220 November 2013Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand4–24–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

León

Guadalajara

Necaxa

FAS

References
  1. Cruz Azul y Pachuca empatan y mantienen vivas esperanzas (Cruz Azul and Pachuca draw and maintain hopes alive); ESPN Deportes, 14 April 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. Brambila vuelve a Pachuca, Peña y Montes al León (Brambila returns to Pachuca, Peña and Montes to León); Ituzos, 31 May 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. "Gullit Peña fue comprado en casi diez millones de dólares".
  4. "Mexicans Carlos Pena and Eduardo Herrera sign for Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 June 2017.
  5. Gunn, David (4 June 2017). "Rumour Mill: Rangers interested in McDonald Fee for Pena revealed Duo fly in for Ibrox talks". The Scotsman. Edinburgh: Johnston Press.
  6. "Rangers 4-1 Dundee". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 September 2017.
  7. "Carlos Pena: Rangers terminate contract of Mexico midfielder". BBC Sport. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  8. "Carlos 'Gullit' Peña observa desde la tribuna el empate del GKS Tychy". Marca. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  9. México pasa su ensayo con Finlandia rumbo a la repesca mundialista (Mexico passes warm-up with Finland towards World Cup's play-offs) Archived 28 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine; CNN México, 30 October 2013 (in Spanish)
  10. Carlos Peña at Soccerway
  11. Carlos Peña at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  12. "Games played by Carlos Peña in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  13. "Peña, Carlos". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  14. "C. Peña". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  15. "¡Chivas Campeón de la SuperCopa MX!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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