Rubén Rodríguez-Peña
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Eduardo Rodríguez-Peña Llantén | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1967 | Magallanes | 12 | (0) |
| 1968–1970 | Green Cross Temuco | 64 | (13) |
| 1971 | Huachipato | 15 | (2) |
| 1972 | Deportes La Serena | 21 | (5) |
| 1973 | Herediano | ||
| 1974–1975 | Platense FC | 48 | (21) |
| 1975–1977 | Real España | 30 | (6) |
| 1978 | Platense FC | 2 | (0) |
| 2 de Marzo | – | (–) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rubén Eduardo Rodríguez-Peña Llantén is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward. Besides Chile, he played in Costa Rica, Honduras and Ecuador.
In his homeland, Rodríguez-Peña played for Magallanes,[1] Green Cross Temuco,[2][3] Huachipato[4] and Deportes La Serena[5][6] in the top division from 1966 to 1972.
In 1973, he moved abroad and played for Costa Rican side Herediano.[1][7]
From 1974 to 1978, he played in the Honduran top level for Platense in two stints and Real España. A well remembered player of Platense, he made forty-eight appearances and scored twenty-one goals from 1974 to 1975[8] and holds the record of scoring in eight consecutive matchdays in 1974,[9] becoming the top goalscorer in the 1974–75 season with fifteen goals.[10] He returned to Platense in 1978, making two appearances, after playing for Real España from 1975 to 1977, with thirty appearances and six goals,[8] with whom he won three consecutive league titles. He also played for Ecuadorian side Club Deportivo 2 de Marzo alongside his brother, Waldo.[11]
