Álvaro Guillermo Peña Peña (born 11 February 1965) is a Bolivian

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manager and player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of

Independiente Petrolero Club Independiente Petrolero is a football club from Sucre, Bolivia currently playing in the Bolivian Primera División, the top-tier football league in Bolivia. The club was founded on April 4, 1932 and plays its home games at the Estadio Olímpi ...

Playing career

Club

At club level he played for

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, where he was the Bolivian league topscorer in 1992. He played abroad with

Deportes Temuco Deportes Temuco is a Chilean football club based in Temuco, Araucanía Region. It currently plays in the Chilean Primera División B, holding home games at the new '' Estadio Municipal Germán Becker''. The club was founded on February 22, 196 ...

of Chile between 1993 and 1994 and for Cortuluá of

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in 1995. His other clubs in Bolivia include

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, Oriente Petrolero, Bolívar, Destroyers,

The Strongest Club The Strongest is a Bolivian professional football club based in La Paz, that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1908, their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, Estadio Rafae ...

and

Mariscal Braun Club Mariscal Braun is a football club based in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, which currently competes in the La Paz Regional League. It was founded on August 25, 1952 by the workers of the Cervecería Boliviana Nacional, It is for this reason t ...

International

He played 43 international matches and scored 4 goals for the Bolivia national team He made one appearance in the

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and represented his country in 2

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matches.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Peña took up coaching. He has served as the manager for Blooming, Oriente Petrolero and Destroyers. He is currently under contract with Ukrainian team Dinamo Kiev, where he is part of the youth sector's coaching staff.

Personal life

His younger brother José is also a football manager.

Honours

Individual

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: 1992 Topscorer (32 goals)

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