Gustavo Peña

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.

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.

Player

Individual

RSSSF CONCACAF Championship Team of The Tournament: 1965, 1967 CONCACAF Team of the Century: 1998

Manager

Leones Negros

CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1978