Carlos Peña (Spanish footballer)

Carlos González Peña (born 28 July 1983) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who played as a left-back. He is the head coach of Thai League 1 club Ratchaburi.

For other people with the same name, see Carlos Peña (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Peña.
Carlos Peña
Peña with Valladolid in 2010
Personal information
Full name Carlos González Peña
Date of birth (1983-07-28) 28 July 1983[1]
Place of birth Salamanca, Spain[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Ratchaburi (manager)
Youth career
Damm
Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Barcelona C 50 (1)
2001–2006 Barcelona B 107 (6)
2006–2009 Albacete 102 (2)
2009–2010 Recreativo 30 (0)
2010–2015 Valladolid 155 (3)
2015–2016 Oviedo 41 (0)
2017 Getafe 13 (0)
2017–2018 Lorca 35 (0)
2018–2020 Goa 39 (2)
Total 572 (14)
International career
2001–2002 Spain U19 9 (0)
2003 Spain U20 11 (0)
2004–2005 Spain U21 10 (0)
Managerial career
2022–2023 Goa
2023– Ratchaburi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He amassed Segunda División totals of 322 matches and four goals, in service of six clubs. He added 54 appearances in La Liga (one goal) for Valladolid, and also competed professionally in India.

After retiring as a player, Peña was appointed as the head coach of Indian Super League club Goa in 2022.

Playing career

Peña was born in Salamanca, Castile and León. An unsuccessful FC Barcelona youth graduate (he only played with its C and B sides for five years), he went on to establish himself as a professional with Albacete Balompié in the Segunda División, appearing in 106 official matches over three seasons.[2]

For the 2009–10 campaign, Peña stayed in that level as he signed with Recreativo de Huelva for four years.[3] He continued to be first choice at his new club but, after only one season, moved to Real Valladolid, recently relegated from La Liga.[4]

Peña contributed 35 games and one goal[5] in his second year, helping the Pucelanos return to the top flight after two years out.[6] He made his debut in the competition on 27 August 2012, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 home win against Levante UD.[7]

Peña scored his first goal in the top tier on 11 May 2014, but also put one in his own net in a 4–3 away loss to Real Betis,[8] and Valladolid ultimately suffered relegation. On 25 June 2015, he signed a two-year deal with Real Oviedo, newly promoted to the second division.[9]

On 23 December 2016, the 33-year-old Peña joined fellow league club Getafe CF until June 2018, after cutting ties with the Asturians.[10] The following 19 July, he moved to Lorca FC also in division two.[11]

On 29 July 2018, Peña moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Indian Super League franchise FC Goa.[12] In April 2020, he announced his retirement.[13]

Coaching career

Peña worked with CF Lorca Deportiva,[14] UCAM Murcia CF[15] and Albacete's youth teams after retiring.[16] On 16 April 2022, he was appointed manager of his last club Goa.[17]

In June 2023, Peña signed as new head coach of Ratchaburi F.C. in the Thai League 1.[18]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2001–02[19] Segunda División B 10——10
2002–03[19] Segunda División B 90——90
2003–04[19] Segunda División B 270——270
2004–05[19] Segunda División B 342——342
2005–06[19] Segunda División B 364——364
Total 1076——1076
Albacete 2006–07[19] Segunda División 25010—260
2007–08[19] Segunda División 41220—432
2008–09[19] Segunda División 36010—370
Total 102240—1062
Recreativo 2009–10[19] Segunda División 30020—320
Valladolid 2010–11[19] Segunda División 290302[lower-alpha 1]0340
2011–12[19] Segunda División 351104[lower-alpha 1]0401
2012–13[19] La Liga 17020—190
2013–14[19] La Liga 37120—391
2014–15[19] Segunda División 371202[lower-alpha 1]0411
Total 1553100801733
Oviedo 2015–16[19] Segunda División 37000—370
2016–17[19] Segunda División 4010—50
Total 41010—420
Getafe 2016–17[19] Segunda División 13010—140
Lorca 2017–18[19] Segunda División 35010—360
Goa 2018–19[20] Indian Super League 190—190
2019–20[20] Indian Super League 202—202
Total 392—392
Career total 522131908054913
  1. Appearances in Promotion Play-offs

Managerial statistics
As of match played 21 October 2023
Managerial record by club and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
M W D L GF GA GD Win %
Goa16 April 202223 April 2023 23 10 3 10 41 40 +1 043.48 [21]
Ratchaburi24 June 2023Present 8 3 2 3 15 9 +6 037.50 —
Total 31 13 5 13 56 49 +7 041.94

Honours

Goa

Spain U19

Spain U20

References
  1. "Carlos Peña". Eurosport. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. Royo, José Luis (23 October 2014). "El Valladolid llegará al Carlos Belmonte con dos viejos conocidos" [Valladolid will arrive at Carlos Belmonte with two old acquaintances]. La Tribuna de Albacete (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. "El lateral zurdo Carlos Peña, primer fichaje del Recreativo de Huelva" [Left-back Carlos Peña, Recreativo de Huelva's first signing]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 19 June 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. "El Valladolid ficha al lateral izquierdo Peña" [Valladolid sign left-back Peña]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 July 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. Estévez, J.C. (20 May 2012). "El Valladolid, a todo gas" [Valladolid, at full blast]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  6. Movilla, Fede (16 June 2012). "El Valladolid vuelve a Primera" [Valladolid return to Primera]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. "Valladolid 2–0 Levante: Víctor Pérez pone al Pucela colíder" [Valladolid 2–0 Levante: Víctor Pérez makes Pucela joint-leaders] (in Spanish). Goal. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  8. "Juanfran strike sinks Valladolid". ESPN FC. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  9. "Peña, nuevo jugador del Real Oviedo" [Peña, new player of Real Oviedo] (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  10. "Carlos Peña llega al Getafe" [Carlos Peña arrives at Getafe] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  11. "Javi Muñoz y Peña se unen al Lorca FC" [Javi Muñoz and Peña join Lorca FC] (in Spanish). Lorca FC. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  12. Mergulhao, Marcus (29 July 2018). "Tiki taka all the way as FC Goa add two more Spaniards". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  13. Mergulhao, Marcus (9 April 2020). "I got everything from football, now it's time to give back: Carlos Pena". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  14. "Carlos Peña, nuevo entrenador del Cantera Lorca Deportiva" [Carlos Peña, new manager of Cantera Lorca Deportiva] (in Spanish). Cadena COPE. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  15. "Carlos Peña, nuevo entrenador del Juvenil A" [Carlos Peña, new manager of the Juvenil A] (in Spanish). UCAM Murcia. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  16. Carrizo, Juan (16 April 2022). "Carlos Peña dejará el Albacete juvenil a final de temporada" [Carlos Peña will leave Albacete juvenil at the end of the season]. La Tribuna de Albacete (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  17. "FC Goa appoints former player Carlos Pena as manager". The Hindu. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  18. "ราชบุรีฯเลือกโค้ชสเปนรายที่ 10 คุมทัพ คาร์ลอส เปนญ่า อดีตแข้งรองแชมป์โลก ยู 20" [Ratchaburi choose 10th Spanish coach to be in charge of the team, Carlos Peña, former under-20 World champion] (in Thai). Siam Sport. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  19. "Peña: Carlos González Peña". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  20. Carlos Peña at Soccerway
  21. "FC Goa » Fixtures & Results 2022/2023". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  22. "FC Goa receive first-ever League winners shield". Indian Super League. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  23. Das Sharma, Amitabha (14 April 2019). "FC Goa's long wait for a trophy ends". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  24. "España vence a Alemania y se proclama campeona de Europa Sub-19" [Spain beat Germany and are crowned Under-19 European champions]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 July 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  25. Espina, José A. (30 December 2004). "Los Sub-20 de plata son de Primera" [Silver Under-20s are from Primera]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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