Carlos_de_Pena
Carlos de Pena
Uruguayan footballer (born 1992)
Carlos María de Pena Bonino (born 11 March 1992)[2] is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an defensive midfielder or left midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Bahia.
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Carlos De Pena at Internacional in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos María de Pena Bonino[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 32)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bahia | ||
| Number | TBA | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2002 | La Estacada[3] | ||
| 2002–2004 | Mirador Rosado | ||
| 2005–2012 | Nacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Nacional | 58 | (15) |
| 2015–2017 | Middlesbrough | 6 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Oviedo (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Nacional | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Dynamo Kyiv | 71 | (15) |
| 2022–2024 | Internacional | 61 | (7) |
| 2024– | Bahia | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 April 2024 | |||
Nacional
De Pena made was born in Montevideo. He his official debut for Nacional on 19 February 2013, in the Copa Libertadores match against Toluca at Estadio Nemesio Díez, which ended in a 3–2 victory for the away side.
Middlesbrough
De Pena was involved in a car accident on his way to the airport before his reported £2.6m move to Middlesbrough.[4] He is predominantly a left-winger but has been deployed in a variety of roles throughout his career, including left-back and centre-forward.
He made his first competitive debut for Boro on 22 September 2015 in a 3–0 victory in the third round of the League Cup against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Riverside Stadium.[5]
On 31 January 2017, de Pena was loaned to Spanish Segunda División side Real Oviedo, until the end of the season.[6]
De Pena's contract was terminated by mutual consent on 19 July 2017, putting an end to a two-year stay in which he only made 11 first team appearances.[7]
Return to Nacional
De Pena re-signed for Club Nacional de Football in January 2018.[8] After one year at the club, he left again.
Dynamo Kyiv
On 10 April 2019, de Pena signed for Ukrainian Premier League vice champions Dynamo Kyiv as a free agent. With the club he won the 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup and the 2019 and 2020 Ukrainian Super Cups. On 17 April 2021, he scored the winning goal by penalty during the derby against Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2020–21 season at the NSC Olimpiyskiy.[9] On 25 April 2021, he won the league with Dynamo Kyiv.[10]
Internacional
On 1 April 2022, de Pena moved to Internacional and signed a loan contract until the end of the year.[11]
Bahia
- As of 30 October 2021[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nacional | 2012–13 | Uruguayan Primera División | 6 | 1 | — | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2013–14 | 24 | 3 | — | — | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | — | 30 | 5 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 26 | 9 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 28 | 9 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 58 | 15 | — | — | 15 | 2 | — | 73 | 17 | |||||
| Middlesbrough | 2015–16 | EFL Championship | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Middlesbrough U21 | 2016–17 | — | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Real Oviedo (loan) | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| Nacional | 2018 | Uruguayan Primera División | 14 | 1 | — | — | 11[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 38 | 9 | |||
| 2020–21 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 11[lower-alpha 8] | 3 | 1[lower-alpha 7] | 1 | 33 | 7 | |||
| 2021–22 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 9] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 23 | 2 | |||
| Total | 71 | 15 | 5 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 102 | 19 | |||
| Career total | 156 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 219 | 38 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
- Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance(s) in Ukrainian Super Cup
- Nine appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
Nacional
Dynamo Kyiv
- "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- Carlos de Pena at Soccerway
- "Carlos De Pena, en el balcón de todos los sueños". Tenfield. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- "Carlos de Pena: Middlesbrough sign Nacional winger". BBC. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- "Carlos de Pena 'very happy' after making Boro debut against Wolves in Capital One Cup". Middlesbrough Evening Gazette Live Website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- "Carlos De Pena Joins Real Oviedo". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 31 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
- "Carlos De Pena Departs Boro". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- Nacional confirmó a Carlos De Pena, y Peñarol a Giovanni González, 180.com.uy, 4 January 2018
- "Шахтар 0 : 1 Динамо". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- "Колектив УПЛ вітає "Динамо" з достроковим чемпіонством!". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- "Inter contrata atacante Carlos de Pena" (in Portuguese). 1 April 2022.
- Profile on Official website of Dynamo Kyiv
- Carlos de Pena at ESPN FC
- Carlos de Pena at Soccerway
- Carlos de Pena at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)