Iván de la Peña

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De la Peña
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De la Peña in the 2009
Espanyol Barcelona shirt
Personnel
Surname Iván de la Peña López
birthday May 6, 1976
place of birth Santander ,  Spain
size 171 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1991-1993 FC Barcelona
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1993-1996 FC Barcelona B 37 0(5)
1995-1998 FC Barcelona 80 (11)
1998-2002 Lazio Rome 16 0(0)
1999-2000 →  Olympique Marseille  (loan) 12 0(1)
2000-2001 → FC Barcelona (loan) 9 0(0)
2002-2011 Espanyol Barcelona 180 0(8)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1992 Spain U17 4 0(1)
1995 Spain U20 5 0(2)
1995-1996 Spain U21 10 0(1)
1996 Spain U23 4 0(0)
2005 Spain 5 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2011 AS Roma (assistant coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Iván de la Peña López (born May 6, 1976 in Santander ) is a former Spanish football player . He played on the position of midfielder. De la Peña's strengths were the short passing game and his good free kicks.

Career

Club career

FC Barcelona

De la Peña began his professional career in 1993 in the amateur team of FC Barcelona . In 1991 he had turned his back on his hometown Santander and entered the Catalans' youth academy La Masia . After only one year in the B-Team he was promoted to the professional team, where he was considered a huge talent and the new Spanish Diego Maradona . But although he was rarely able to show these great performances in over 60 games, many top international clubs wanted to sign the 1.71 m tall playmaker.

Rome, Marseille and return to Barcelona

In 1998 the traditional Italian club Lazio Rome made the race for de la Peña and transferred a transfer fee of 14.5 million euros for him . His first season in Serie A , Italy's top division, was not convincing and he was then loaned to Olympique Marseille in France . He eventually played for a year in Ligue 1 and ended the season without a title. He was then awarded to FC Barcelona , where he should develop further. But he only made nine appearances in the league and three in the UEFA Champions League .

2001 de la Peña returned to Rome, but could not prevail in the season.

Espanyol Barcelona

The move to Espanyol Barcelona was the late sporting liberation for him: at the age of 25 he became an important player in the team, which is constantly fluctuating between mediocrity and the UEFA Cup .

In the 2006/07 season , de la Peña reached the final of the UEFA Cup with Espanyol, which they lost on penalties to Sevilla FC . In the 2008/09 season he scored both goals for Espanyol in a 2-1 win at Camp Nou against FC Barcelona . In 2009 he extended his expiring contract for two more years until 2011. After the sudden death of Captain Daniel Jarque in early August 2009, de la Peña was appointed as the new captain.

At the end of the 2010/11 season, Iván de la Peña, who was plagued by numerous muscle injuries, announced his retirement from active football.

National team

Iván de la Peña was in the squad for the Spaniards for the 1996 Olympic Games , but where he was eliminated with his team in the quarter-finals. In the national team , de la Peña made his debut at the age of 28 in 2005 in a 5-0 win over San Marino . He also played his fifth and final game against San Marino on October 12, 2005.

successes

Web links

Commons : Iván de la Peña  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ transfermarkt.de: Iván de la Peña remains ( Memento of the original from October 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , June 25, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / transfermarkt.de
  2. ↑ De la Peña: "Mi cabeza quería seguir, pero mi cuerpo no puede más" In: marca.com , accessed on May 24, 2011 (Spanish)
personal data
SURNAME Peña, Iván de la
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peña López, Iván de la
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Santander