In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peña and the second or maternal family name is Velasco.

Gustavo Peña Velasco (22 November 1942 – 19 January 2021) was a Mexican professional footballer and manager.

Life

Born in Talpa de Allende, Peña moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, with his parents when he was young.

Gustavo Peña died of COVID-19 in Mexico City on 19 January 2021, at age 78, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[1]

Career

He began playing football with local side CD Oro. He played for nearly twenty years in the Primera División with Oro, Cruz Azul, Monterrey[2] and Club de Fútbol Laguna.[3]

He earned 82 caps and scored 3 goals for the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) from 1961 to 1974,[4] and captained the team in FIFA World Cup (1966 and 1970) tournaments.[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[6]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 22 June 1966 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 1–? 1–4 Friendly
2. 20 October 1968 Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru  Peru 2–3 3–3 Friendly
3. 11 June 1970 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Belgium 1–0 1–0 1970 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Player

Individual

Manager

Leones Negros

References

  1. ^ Falleció Gustavo Halcón Peña, símbolo de Cruz Azul y de la Selección mexicana (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Anceno Rivas; Fr. José Manuel (7 April 2002). ""El Halcón" Peña prepara el vuelo" ["The Hawk" Peña prepares for flight] (in Spanish). Semanario. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ Rosas, Sergio Luis (24 March 2010). "Recuerdos del Ayer" [Memories of yesterday] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón.
  4. ^ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando; Reyes Padilla, Macario (6 March 2012). "Mexico - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  5. ^ "Setenta Aniversario: Gustavo Peña" [Seventieth birthday: Gustavo Peña] (in Spanish). Esto. 25 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Peña, Gustavo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  7. ^ "II COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1965 (NORCECA) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  8. ^ "III COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1967 (NORCECA) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Balboa, Ramos named to CONCACAF "Team of the Century"" Archived 5 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Soccer America, 14 May 1998.
  10. ^ Leones Negros de la UdeG [@LeonesNegrosCF] (19 January 2021). "Gracias por rugir con nosotros. Descanse en Paz, Gustavo "Halcón" Peña. 🙌🦁 🏆DT. Campeón Torneo Nuevos Valores.🇧🇪 🏆DT. Campeón de CONCACAF. 🇧🇪 Siempre estarás en el corazón de esta manada, tu manada. 👏👏👏 https://t.co/jEkW2RZZ6N" [Thanks for roaring with us. Rest in Peace, Gustavo "Halcón" Peña. 🙌🦁 🏆DT. New Values Tournament Champion.🇧🇪 🏆DT. CONCACAF champion. 🇧🇪 You will always be at the heart of this pack, your pack. 👏👏👏] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via Twitter.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Pe%C3%B1a
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