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) | ||
| Playing position | 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 | ||
| National team | |||
| 2005 | Costa Rica | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 1, 2008. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
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. Currently holds the record for the soccer player with the most alimony debts in the Costa Rican soccer history. He also has an incredible stat of seeing a red card every 3 games he plays, sometimes including the 2-game suspension.
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, were 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 (Spanish)
- ↑ Ledezma, Sunsing y Peña Club de ticos descendió en Grecia - Nación (Spanish)
- ↑ Berny Peña a Grecia - Al Día (Spanish)
- ↑ Firmó a Berny Peña Presidente de Liberia habla de desorden - Nación (Spanish)
- ↑ Berny Peña jugará con Águilas Guanacastecas - Al Día (Spanish)
- ↑ Veinticinco jugadores fueron inscritos - La Hora (Spanish)
- ↑ Seis jugadores no van más en D. Quevedo - La Hora (Spanish)
- ↑ El tico Berny Peña no es más jugador del Platense - Diez (Spanish)
- ↑ Tricolor sale 7 de febrero• Jewisson Bennett y Berny Peña son las novedades en “Sele” - Nación (Spanish)
- ↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details - RSSSF
External links
- Berny Peña at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile & Statistics at Nacion.com (Spanish)