Diómedes Peña
Peña in 2021
Personal information
Full name Diómedes Peña Zúñiga
Date of birth (1976-03-21) 21 March 1976
Place of birth Robles, Valle, Colombia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Enrique Happ (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Alianza Robles
El Cóndor
Deportivo Pasto
2002–2003 Mariscal Braun
2004 Iberoamericana 19 (2)
2005 La Paz
2005–2007 KF Tirana[1] 21 (2)
2007–2008 La Paz
2009 Blooming
2009 The Strongest 5 (0)
2010 La Paz
2011–2012 Aurora 33 (1)
2012 ABB
Managerial career
2010 La Paz (player-manager)
2014–2016 Enrique Happ
2020 Municipal de Tiquipaya
2021 San Antonio Bulo Bulo
2022 Aurora (youth)
2023– Enrique Happ
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diómedes Peña Zúñiga (born 21 March 1976) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current manager of Bolivian club Enrique Happ.

Club career

Born in Robles, Valle del Cauca, Peña began playing for local sides Alianza Robles, El Cóndor and Deportivo Pasto.[2] He moved to Bolivia in 2001, where he played for Mariscal Brown, Iberoamericana, La Paz F.C. and Club Aurora through 2011.[3] Peña also had a spell with KF Tirana in the Albanian Superliga from January 2006 up to January 2007, playing 21 games and scoring 2 goals in the league for the Albanian club, helping them win the Albanian Superliga and the Albanian Supercup. Peña was captain of La Paz, and had a brief spell as a player-manager during 2010.[4]

References

  1. Profile
  2. "Colombianos En El Exterior: Bolivia, con aroma de café" (in Spanish). El Pais. 22 November 2003.
  3. "Colombiano Diomedes Peña llega a Aurora boliviano" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 21 December 2010.
  4. "Diómedes Peña y Carlos Vargas serán los técnicos de La Paz FC" (in Spanish). Jornadanet.com. 10 September 2010.
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