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'''Manuel "Manolo" Peña Escontrela''' (18 December 1965 – 13 November 2012) was a Spanish professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

Born in [[Lugo]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], Peña signed at the age of 17 with [[Real Valladolid]], going on to play seven consecutive [[La Liga]] seasons with the club, but only appearing in 30 league games his first three combined. His best output for the [[Castile and León]] side came in the [[1987–88 La Liga|1987–88 campaign]] when he scored eight goals in 29 matches (all starts) to help them finish in eighth position; this included a [[hat-trick]] against [[FC Barcelona]] at the [[Camp Nou]] in a 4–2 win,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1987/12/21/pagina-3/1168270/pdf.html|title=Ay Peña, peñita, Peña...!|trans-title=Oh Peña, peñita, Peña...!|newspaper=[[Mundo Deportivo]]|language=Spanish|date=21 December 1987|accessdateaccess-date=18 November 2012}}</ref> and another in the home game against the [[Catalonia|Catalans]] (1–1 draw).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1988/04/25/pagina-4/1174986/pdf.html|title=Partido con dos caras y arbitraje polémico|trans-title=Match with two stories and controversial refereeing|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|language=Spanish|date=25 April 1988|accessdateaccess-date=18 November 2012}}</ref>

Still at the professional level, Peña played with [[Real Zaragoza]] (top level)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/deportes/fallece-exzaragocista-manolo-pena-tras-una-larga-enfermedad_806272.html|title=Fallece el exzaragocista Manolo Peña tras una larga enfermedad|trans-title=Former Zaragoza player Manolo Peña dies following long illness|newspaper=[[El Periódico de Aragón]]|language=Spanish|date=14 November 2012|accessdateaccess-date=18 November 2012}}</ref> and [[Cádiz CF]] (being relegated from [[Segunda División]] in [[1993–94 Segunda División|1993–94]]). He retired in June 2000 after six years in the lower leagues, mainly with [[SD Ponferradina]] where he started his career.

Peña gainedearned a total of 14 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for four [[Spain national youth football team|Spanish youth teams]]. He helped the [[Spain national under-20 football team|under-20s]] finish second at the [[1985 FIFA World Youth Championship]] in the [[Soviet Union]], appearing in the group stage against [[Brazil national under-20 football team|Brazil]] (0–2 loss) and the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] (4–2 win).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2014/11/espana-en-los-mundiales-sub20-urss-1985/|title=España en los mundiales sub'20: URSS 1985|trans-title=Spain in the under’20 World Cups: USSR 1985|publisher=Cuadernos de Fútbol|author=Óscar Díez|language=Spanish|date=1 November 2014|access-date=14 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=193079/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509005423/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=193079/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 May 2008|title=Manuel Peña|publisher=FIFA.com|accessdateaccess-date=18 November 2012}}</ref>

After retiring, Peña settled in [[Ponferrada]] and worked in the city council. He died on 13 November 2012 from cancer, at the age of 46.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/agencias/20121113/deportes/futbol/manolo-pena-muere-artifice-primer_201211131433.html|title=Manolo Peña, muere el artífice del primer "pucelazo" en el Camp Nou|trans-title=Manolo Peña, the author of first "pucelazo" at the Camp Nou, dies|newspaper=El Diario Montañés|language=Spanish|date=13 November 2012|accessdateaccess-date=15 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024507/http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/agencias/20121113/deportes/futbol/manolo-pena-muere-artifice-primer_201211131433.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2012/11/16/actualidad/1353026906_343630.html|title=Manolo Peña, delantero que dejó helado al Camp Nou|trans-title=Manolo Peña, forward that froze the Camp Nou|newspaper=[[El País]]|language=Spanish|date=16 November 2012|accessdateaccess-date=18 November 2012}}</ref>

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