Louis Ángelo Peña (born 25 December 1989 in Mérida,

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

) is a

Venezuelan Venezuelans (Spanish language, Spanish: ''venezolanos'') are the Citizenship, citizens identified with the country of Venezuela. This connection may be through citizenship, descent or cultural. For most Venezuelans, many or all of these connect ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who currently plays for

Estudiantes de Mérida Estudiantes (in English: ''students'') is the name of different sports clubs in the Spanish-speaking world: Argentina * Estudiantes de La Plata, sports club based in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province * Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, football club based ...

. He has formerly had stints in Portugal for

Braga Braga (; ) is a cities of Portugal, city and a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality, capital of the northwestern Portugal, Portuguese Braga (district), district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality ...

and

Portimonense Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, the second division of Portuguese football ...

, as well as a brief spell in the Azerbaijani Premier League.

Career

Peña started his career in 2006 for his first club

in which he played 52 times and scored 6 goals. On 28 May 2009, he was signed by Portuguese club

for an undisclosed fee.

International career

He was called up to the Venezuela U20 squad in 2009 and as well as the senior national team.

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SC Braga sign young prospect from Venezuela
* 1989 births Living people Footballers from Mérida, Mérida Venezuelan men's footballers Venezuela men's international footballers Estudiantes de Mérida F.C. players Deportivo La Guaira players S.C. Braga players Portimonense S.C. players Caracas F.C. players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players A.C.C.D. Mineros de Guayana players Deportivo Táchira F.C. players Zamora F.C. players Azerbaijan Premier League players Shamakhi FK players Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Men's association football midfielders Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan {{Venezuela-footy-midfielder-stub