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 club

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

and the Peru national team.

Club career

Born in

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

, Peña finished his formation with hometown's

Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peru, Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on February ...

, 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

León de Huánuco Club Social Deportivo León de Huánuco, more commonly known as León de Huánuco, is a professional Peruvian football (soccer), football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is historically the biggest football club of Huánuco city. Founded in ...

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 in the 69th minute and providing the assist for Yordy Reyna'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 C.D. Tondela 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

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side

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through 2024. On 11 January 2025, he signed for

on a three-year contract.

International career

Peña was named in the Peru national team's senior squad for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers 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

Paolo Guerrero José Paolo Guerrero González (; born 1 January 1984) is a Peruvian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for Peruvian Primera División club Club Alianza Lima, Alianza Li ...

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

Career statistics

Club

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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, 2024 *

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: 2021–22, 2023–24

References

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