Sergio Fernando Peña Flores (born 28 September 1995) is a Peruvian professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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and the Peru national team

Club career

Born in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

, Peña finished his formation with hometown's

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, after joining the club's youth setup in 2003, aged eight. On 18 February 2012, aged only 16, he made his first team debut, starting in a 2–2 home draw against

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for the Torneo Descentralizado championship. It was his maiden appearance of the season, under manager Pepe Soto. Peña was made a starter by new manager Wilmar Valencia for the 2013 campaign. On 16 March 2013, he played his first

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, replacing

Henry Quinteros Henry Edson Quinteros Sánchez (born 19 October 1977 in Lima) is a retired Association football, football midfielder from Peru. He is also the older brother of Ronald Quinteros. Club career Quinteros was born in Lima, the son of Julio Ignacio Q ...

in the 69th minute and providing the assist for

Yordy Reyna José Yordy Reyna Serna (; born 17 September 1993) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC. Early life Born in the city of Chiclayo, he moved to Lima at the age of 14. He gave su ...

's winning goal in the 84th minute. On 23 May 2013, Peña was sold to an investment group linked to

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and

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. He was assigned to the latter's reserves in

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. Peña subsequently had loans to his former club Alianza Lima and

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, before returning to Granada and its reserve team in January 2017. On 1 September of that year, he extended his contract until 2020 and was definitely promoted to the main squad. On 13 July 2018, Peña was loaned to

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side

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on a one-year deal. On 3 August 2019, he signed for Eredivisie side

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on a three-year contract. On 4 August 2021, he penned a deal with

side

through 2024.

International career

Peña was named in the Peru national team's senior squad for the

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against

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and

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in September 2016, as well as the qualifiers against

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and

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in March 2017. In May 2018, he was named in Peru’s provisional 24 man squad for the

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in Russia. However, a few days later he was taken off the provisional 24-man

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to make room for

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, with Pena saying "It was the hardest day of my career."

Career statistics

International

:''As of match played 11 November 2021. Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first.'' International goals

Honours

Malmö FF *

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: 2021–22

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pena, Sergio 1995 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Peruvian Primera División players Club Alianza Lima footballers Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Eredivisie players Club Recreativo Granada players Granada CF footballers Primeira Liga players C.D. Tondela players FC Emmen players Allsvenskan players Malmö FF players 2021 Copa América players Peru men's international footballers Peru men's under-20 international footballers Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden