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Career & Clubs
He began playing football with local side CD Oro. He played for nearly twenty years in the Primera División with Oro, Cruz Azul, Monterrey and Club de Fútbol Laguna. He earned 82 caps and scored 3 goals for the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) from 1961 to 1974, and captained the team in FIFA World Cup (1966 and 1970) tournaments.
International goals
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.
- Club
- Club de Fútbol Monterrey (1973–1976)
- Club
- Club Jalisco (1970–1973)
- Club
- Cruz Azul (1967–1970)
- Club
- Club de Fútbol Laguna (1976–1977)
- Club
- CD Oro (1960–1967)
- Club
- Mexico men's national football team (1961–1974)
- National team
- Mexico
Personal
Born in Talpa de Allende, Peña moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, with his parents when he was young. Gustavo Peña died of COVID-19 in Mexico City on 19 January 2021, at age 78, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.
Legacy
Player
Individual
RSSSF CONCACAF Championship Team of The Tournament: 1965, 1967 CONCACAF Team of the Century: 1998
Manager
Leones Negros
CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1978
Clubs
- CD Oro1960–1967
- Mexico men's national football team1961–1974
- Cruz Azul1967–1970
- Club Jalisco1970–1973
- Club de Fútbol Monterrey1973–1976
- Club de Fútbol Laguna1976–1977
Played together with
- Aarón GalindoCruz Azul · 2002–2006
Achille EmanáCruz Azul · 2013–2014- Adolfino CañeteCruz Azul · 1984–1986
Adolfo BautistaCruz Azul- Adrián ChávezCruz Azul · 1998–1999
Agustín DelgadoCruz Azul · 1998–1998- Alberto CardaccioClub de Fútbol Monterrey · 1979–1982
Alberto QuintanoCruz Azul · 1971–1977- Alberto RodríguezClub de Fútbol Monterrey · 1997–1997
- Alberto RodríguezClub de Fútbol Monterrey · 1997–1998
- Alberto RodríguezCruz Azul · 2005–2013
Aldo de NigrisClub de Fútbol Monterrey · 2009–2009
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Gustavo Peña Velasco was a Mexican professional footballer and manager.
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