Carlos_Peruena
Carlos Peruena
Uruguayan footballer (1955–2018)
Carlos Eduardo Peruena Rodríguez (13 March 1955 – 2 June 2018), known as "Toto", was a Uruguayan football defender.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Eduardo Peruena Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | (1955-03-13)13 March 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Florida, Uruguay | ||
| Date of death | 2 June 2018(2018-06-02) (aged 63) | ||
| Place of death | Barinas, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1978 | Peñarol | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1982 | Betis | 100 | (3) |
| 1982–1983 | Oviedo | 34 | (1) |
| 1983–1985 | Granada | 45 | (2) |
| 1986 | Olimpia Asunción | ||
| 1987 | Cerrito | ||
| 1988 | Atlético Zamora | ||
| International career | |||
| 1975–1978 | Uruguay | 4 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He began his career in youth teams of Uruguayan club C.A. Peñarol, from which he was bought in 1978 for 15 million pesetas by Spanish outfit Real Betis. He played 83 league games for Betis, scoring 2 goals. In 1982 he joined Oviedo, making his debut for the team on 5 September 1982 against Linares in Segunda División match (3:0), scoring the second goal of the match. Later in his career he played for Granada. His last clubs were Olimpia Asunción from Paraguay and Cerrito from Uruguay. In 1988 he settled in Venezuela, living here for 3 decades and became youth coach in Club Deportivo Español de Barinas. The last years of his life he faced serious health problems, after it was being discovered that he had a tumor, and heart problems, which prevented the surgery operation.
Carlos Peruena died on 2 June, 2018 from heart failure in Barinas, Venezuela.[citation needed]
Peruena made 4 appearances for the Uruguay national football team from 1975 to 1978, and was the participant of Copa América 1975 tournament.
- "Carlos Peruena". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 July 2021.