Jorge Peña
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Benito Peña Canales | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Valparaíso, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Unión La Calera | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Escuela Ronnel Sport | |||
| Defensa Caleta Portales | |||
| 2010–2018 | Everton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2024 | Everton | 1 | (0) |
| 2023 | → San Luis (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Unión La Calera (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2025– | Unión La Calera | 23 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 October 2025 | |||
Jorge Benito Peña Canales (born 11 July 2000) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chilean Primera División side Unión La Calera.
Club career
Born in Valparaíso, Chile, Peña was with Escuela de Fútbol (Football Academy) Ronnel Sport and the club Defensa Caleta Portales before joining the Everton de Viña del Mar youth ranks, aged 9.[2][3] Promoted to the first team in 2018, he made his professional debut in the 1–0 away loss against Audax Italiano for the Chilean Primera División on 13 August 2022.[4][5]
In 2023, Peña was loaned out to San Luis de Quillota in the Chilean second division.[6] The next season, he was loaned out to Unión La Calera in the Chilean Primera División[7] and made an apeearance in the 2024 Copa Sudamericana match against Alianza FC on 30 May 2024.[8][9]
After getting regularity with Unión La Calera during 2024, Peña renewed with them until the 2027 season.[3][10][11]
References
- ^ "Jorge Peña". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ "Evertonianos a Fondo: Jorge Peña -". Solamente Everton (in Spanish). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ a b Ortega, Pablo (6 October 2025). ""Es difícil ser arquero y jugar de titular siendo joven... Se está valorando mucho a los chilenos"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ Ortega, Pablo (6 October 2025). ""A Vigouroux lo conozco, fuimos compañeros... Dio pasos grandes para pelear el puesto en la Roja"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ Ortega, Pablo (26 August 2022). "Perdió a su padre, siguió adelante y pudo debutar en Primera: "Me sirvió de motivación"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ "San Luis de Quillota no para y oficializó a su octavo refuerzo". SoyChile (in Spanish). 7 December 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ Morales, Claudio (4 October 2024). "Jorge Peña: El arquero que quiere ser héroe otra vez, ahora ante el puntero" (in Spanish). SoyChile. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ "Copa Sudamericana 2024 - Unión La Calera". www.chilenosentorneosconmebol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ "Unión La Calera cerró su participación en la Sudamericana con una derrota ante Alianza FC". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 30 May 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ "Jorge Peña será Cementero hasta 2027". Unión La Calera (in Spanish). 9 December 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ Petersen, Andrea (6 October 2025). "Portero de La Calera revela el gran sueño de su carrera: "Uno siempre piensa en grande"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
External links
- Jorge Peña at Soccerway
- Jorge Peña at BDFA (in Spanish)