Bernabé "Berny" Peña Pizarro (born 19 October 1980) is a

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n football player. In a 2009 Al Día poll of 71 Costa Rica Premier Division players, Peña was selected as the dirtiest player in the league. He responded, "You have never seen any of my rivals die after one of my fouls, so I don't see the dirty play people talk about".

Club career

He started his career at Guanacasteca, before joining

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in 2004. A year later he signed for Brujas. He was sent on loan to Greek club Akratitos, where he played alongside compatriots Froylán Ledezma and

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, but could not save the club from relegation. He then was loaned back to

and again to Greece to play for second division

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. In summer 2010 he returned to Liberia Mía/Águilas Guanacastecas and later had spells in Ecuador with Deportivo Quevedo, whom he left after only three months and in Honduras with Platense, whom he left in November 2011 after new coach

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told him he did not fit into his plans.

International career

He was first called up by

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in 2004, but Peña made his debut for

in a February 2005

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against

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and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country at the

2005 UNCAF Nations Cup The eighth edition of the bi-annual UNCAF Nations Cup was held in Guatemala, from February 19 to 27, 2005. All matches were played at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. The four semifinalists qualified for 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Particip ...

.Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details
- RSSSF His final international was a February

match against

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pena, Berny 1980 births Living people Footballers from Guanacaste Province Men's association football defenders Costa Rican men's footballers 21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen Costa Rica men's international footballers A.D. Municipal Liberia footballers Brujas F.C. players A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia players Kavala F.C. players C.D. Quevedo footballers Platense F.C. players Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras A.D. Guanacasteca players