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Carlos de Pena
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)
2017Oviedo (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

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.

Club career

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Nacional

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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

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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

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De Pena re-signed for Club Nacional de Football in January 2018.[8] After one year at the club, he left again.

Dynamo Kyiv

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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

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On 1 April 2022, de Pena moved to Internacional and signed a loan contract until the end of the year.[11]

Bahia

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Career statistics

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As of 30 October 2021[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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[a] 0 10 1
2013–14 24 3 6[a] 2 30 5
2014–15 26 9 2[a] 0 28 9
2015–16 2 2 3[b] 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[c] 0 1 0
Real Oviedo (loan) 2016–17 Segunda División 7 1 0 0 7 1
Nacional 2018 Uruguayan Primera División 14 1 11[d] 0 1[e] 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[f] 0 1[g] 0 38 9
2020–21 19 3 2 0 11[h] 3 1[g] 1 33 7
2021–22 16 2 0 0 6[i] 0 1[g] 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
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  4. ^ Nine appearances in Copa Libertadores, two appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  5. ^ Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya
  6. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Ukrainian Super Cup
  8. ^ Nine appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

Honours

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Nacional

Dynamo Kyiv

References

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  1. ^ "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Carlos de Pena at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Carlos De Pena, en el balcón de todos los sueños". Tenfield. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Carlos de Pena: Middlesbrough sign Nacional winger". BBC. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Carlos de Pena 'very happy' after making Boro debut against Wolves in Capital One Cup". Middlesbrough Evening Gazette Live Website. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Carlos De Pena Joins Real Oviedo". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 31 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Carlos De Pena Departs Boro". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  8. ^ Nacional confirmó a Carlos De Pena, y Peñarol a Giovanni González, 180.com.uy, 4 January 2018
  9. ^ "Шахтар 0 : 1 Динамо". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Колектив УПЛ вітає "Динамо" з достроковим чемпіонством!". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Inter contrata atacante Carlos de Pena" (in Portuguese). 1 April 2022.
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