Eduardo de la Pénia ( Spanish Eduardo María de la Peña ; born in June 7, 1955 in Minas ) is a former Uruguayan footballer and midfielder. Best known for his performances at the turn of the 1970-1980s for National , with whom he won the Libertadores Cup and the Intercontinental Cup in 1980, as well as for the Uruguay national team , in which he won the 1980/81 Mundialito.
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| Full name | Eduardo Maria de la Peña | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
De la Peña started playing football at the University’s branch Nacional - Universitario. In 1976 he joined the main part of the club, where he made his debut in professional football. For five years, as part of the "tricolor" de la Peña, he won the Uruguay Championship twice, and the year 1980 was for him, like the whole team, triumphant. Nacional won the national championship, the Libertadores Cup and in the match for the Intercontinental Cup, which was held for the first time in Tokyo (Toyota Cup), beat the Nottingham Forest , the winner of the European Champions Cup .
In 1979, Eduardo made his debut in the national team of Uruguay. In total, he played for her for three years, and it was in 1980 that de la Peña became an indispensable player in Celeste, having played 10 games for her and marking one goal. At the junction of 1980 and 1981 The national team became the winner of the Mundialito (Golden Cup) tournament with the participation of all world champions except England , timed to the 50th anniversary of the first Mundial . De la Peña was also a base player in this tournament.
After 1981, Eduardo’s career slowed sharply. Midfielder left the “Nacional” and moved to the Mexican UAG. Two years later, de la Peña moved to the Argentinean Huracan, where he ended his career at the age of 29.
After the career of a football player he worked in various positions in the structure of "Nacional".
Statistics in the Uruguay national team
| Year | Games | Goals |
| 1979 | four | 0 |
| 1980 | ten | one |
| 1981 | five | 0 |
| Total | nineteen | one |
Achievements
- Champion of Uruguay (2): 1977 , 1980
- Copa Libertadores (1): 1980
- Intercontinental Cup Winner (1): 1980
- Gold World Cup Winner (1): 1980/81
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
Links
- (English)
- Statistics on the website mediotiempo.com (in the profile the data of the namesake of 1977, the birth of the data is wrongly indicated) (inaccessible link) (isp.)
- Biography on the site "Nacional" (Spanish)