Marcelo Peña

Marcelo Peña
Personal information
Full name	Eduardo Marcelo Peña Bustamante
Date of birth	30 June 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Marconi Stallions
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993	Universidad Católica
1994–1998	Audax Italiano
1999	Santiago Morning
2000	Everton
2001	Colo-Colo
2002–2003	Unión Española
2004	Persija Jakarta
2005	Bentleigh Greens
2005	Deportes Concepción
International career
1998	Chile B
Managerial career
2009	Argentinos Juniors (assistant)
2010	Boca Juniors (assistant)
2011	Rangers
2012	Universidad de Chile (youth)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eduardo Marcelo Peña Bustamante (born 30 June 1975), known as Marcelo Peña, is a Chilean football manager and former player.

Early life

After being born in Chile, Peña emigrated with his family to Australia when he was a year old. He grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney.^[1]

Peña played his junior football with Marconi before moving back to Chile at the age of 17. He made his debut for Católica at the age of 18. He later had stints with Colo-Colo, Santiago Morning, Audax Italiano, Unión Española and Everton de Viña del Mar.^[1] ^[2]

In 2005, he had a short stint with Bentleigh Greens in the Victorian Premier League in Australia.^[1]

Peña played for Chile B against England B on 10 February 1998. Chile won by 2–1.^[3]

Peña worked as coach for the youth team of Universidad de Chile and as manager of Rangers de Talca in the Primera B de Chile.^[4] Also, he has been an assistant of Claudio Borghi for Argentinos Juniors and Boca Juniors.^[5]

His son, Sebastián, is a footballer who was with the Universidad de Chile youth ranks and next moved to Australia and joined Macarthur Rams,^[6] winning the 2022 NSW League Two.^[7] His son, Marco, was with Universidad de Chile, Barnechea, Colo Colo and Unión Española before joining Australian club Tigers FC in 2024.^[8]

^ ^a ^b ^c Lynch, Michael (2 February 2005). "Chilean star eyes A-League spot". The Age. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
^ "Pena, Marcelo". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
^ "Inglaterra 1 – Chile 2: Cuando la (otra) Selección venció a Inglaterra". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Tapia y Peña quedan a un paso de asumir selecciones menores". AS Chile (in Spanish). Diario AS. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Ex ayudante de Borghi en Boca: Por capacidad, él es la persona para la selección". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "El hijo de un ex Selección Chilena dejó el país y fue campeón ¿Lo llama Berizzo?". El Portal Deportivo (in Spanish). 4 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "Macarthur Rams crowned 2022 League Two Champions". Football NSW. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ @futchile_oficial (13 September 2024). "El volante Marco Peña (2002 🇨🇱 🇦🇺), se encuentra jugando esta temporada en Tigers FC de la NPL Canberra de Australia 🇦🇺" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2024 – via Instagram.