José Angel Peña Carballo (born 10 December 1994) is a Salvadoran professional

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Club career

FAS

Peña signed with

C.D. FAS Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as FAS (pronounced "fas"), is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Ana. It competes in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the country's top professiona ...

for the Clausura 2015. With the team of Santa Ana, he reached the semi-finals of that tournament, but they were defeated by Isidro Metapán 1–2 on aggregate. On 20 December 2015, FAS reached the Apertura 2015 final, but lost against

Alianza F.C. Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Founded in 1958, Alianza was almost immediately successful, winning its first championships in the 1966 and 1967 Salvadoran seasons. Even ...

Peña was a starter in that final.

Isidro Metapán

Peña signed with Isidro Metapán in 2016. On 7 December 2017, Peña scored the only goal of the 1–0 victory against Santa Tecla FC in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Apertura 2017. However, Isidro Metapán was subsequently eliminated.

Municipal Limeño

Peña signed with Municipal Limeño for the Clausura 2018.

Alianza

Peña signed with Alianza for the Apertura 2018. On 5 August 2018, Peña scored his first goal in a 3–3 draw against Municipal Limeño at the

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. On 8 December 2018, he scored two crucial goals in the 2–2 draw against FAS of the second leg of the semi-finals of the Apertura 2018. Alianza reached its fifth consecutive final since the Apertura 2016.

Honours

Player

Club

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* Primera División ** Runners-up: Apertura 2015 ;

* Primera División ** Runners-up: Apertura 2018

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José Ángel Peña
at Soccerway {{DEFAULTSORT:Pena, Jose Angel 1994 births Living people Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers Men's association football forwards C.D. FAS footballers Alianza F.C. footballers Footballers from San Salvador Central American Games bronze medalists for El Salvador Central American Games medalists in football