Álvaro Peña
Personal information
Full name Guillermo Álvaro Peña Peña
Date of birth (1965-02-11) 11 February 1965
Place of birth Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Academía Tahuichi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 Blooming
1990–1992 San José
1993–1994 Temuco 29 (7)
1995 Cortuluá 18 (6)
1995 Bolívar
1996 Real Santa Cruz
1997 Destroyers
1998 Oriente Petrolero
1999 The Strongest
2000 Bolívar
2001–2002 Mariscal Braun
2002–2003 Iberoamericana
International career
1987–1996 Bolivia 43 (4)
Managerial career
2004–2005 Oriente Petrolero
2006 Destroyers
2006–2007 Blooming
2007–2013 Dynamo Kyiv (youth)
2014 Guabirá
2014 San José
2017–2018 Jorge Wilstermann
2019–2021 Real Santa Cruz (assistant)
2021 Nacional Potosí
2021 Real Tomayapo
2022 Jorge Wilstermann
2023 Independiente Petrolero
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guillermo Álvaro Peña Peña (born 11 February 1965) is a Bolivian football manager and player who played as a striker.[1]

Playing career

Club

At club level he played for San José, where he was the Bolivian league topscorer in 1992.[2] He played abroad with Deportes Temuco of Chile between 1993 and 1994 and for Cortuluá of Colombia in 1995.

His other clubs in Bolivia include Blooming, Oriente Petrolero, Bolívar, Destroyers, The Strongest and Mariscal Braun.

International

He played 43 international matches and scored 4 goals for the Bolivia national team[3] He made one appearance in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[4]

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Peña took up coaching. He has served as the manager for Blooming, Oriente Petrolero and Destroyers. He is currently under contract with Ukrainian team Dinamo Kiev, where he is part of the youth sector's coaching staff.

Personal life

His younger brother José is also a football manager.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Oficial: Álvaro Peña será el nuevo entrenador de Real Tomayapo" (in Spanish). El País. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ↑ rsssf: Bolivian league topscorers
  3. ↑ rsssf: Bolivia record international footballers
  4. ↑ Álvaro Peña – FIFA competition record (archived)
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