Marius George Pena (born 2 May 1985) is a former Romanian

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who played as a

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, currently assistant coach at

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club

Concordia Chiajna Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna, commonly known as Concordia Chiajna, is a Romanian professional Association football, football football team, club based in Chiajna, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga II. Founded in 1957, the team's best ...

Career

On 14 September 2011, he scored the equalizing goal in Galaţi's 2–1 loss to

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in the

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after chipping in cleverly a shot that Swiss goalkeeper spilled. In August 2014, Pena signed a two-year contract with

Personal life

He is the son of Gheorghe Pena, a striker who played in the 80's for Progresul București, Olt Scornicești and Steaua București.

Honours

Concordia Chiajna *

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

: 2006–07 *

Cupa Ligii The Cupa Ligii () was Romania's secondary club football tournament. Like the Cupa României, it was played on a knockout (single elimination) basis. History It is unclear when the competition was first created, as there are no official recordi ...

runner-up: 2015–16 Oțelul Galați *

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

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Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

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* * 1985 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Progresul București players FC Torpedo Moscow players FCSB II players SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea players CS Concordia Chiajna players ASC Oțelul Galați players FC Baku players Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players Russian Second League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-forward-1980s-stub