One goal in 482 matches tells you what kind of defender he was, and it came in a friendly against Honduras in Washington on 11 October 2003, twelve years after his Bolivia debut at eighteen. He went to the 1994 World Cup and the 1997 Copa América, where Bolivia lost the final to Brazil, won 85 caps and later the captaincy, played nine seasons and over 250 matches for Real Valladolid, and lifted the 2004 Intertoto Cup at Villarreal. Career record: 85 caps and 1 goals for Bolivia; club career at Independiente Santa Fe, Real Valladolid, Villarreal CF.
| 1990–1993 | Club Blooming |
| 1993–1995 | Independiente Santa Fe |
| 1995–2004 | Real Valladolid |
| 2004–2007 | Villarreal CF |
| 2007–2009 | RC Celta de Vigo |
| 2010–2010 | D.C. United |
| Bolivia | 85 caps, 1 goals |
Bolivia legends whose careers overlapped Peña's
One rank above: Carlos Trucco at #12.
One rank below: Ramiro Castillo at #14.
Bolivia's editorial top five: Marco Etcheverry · Erwin Sánchez · Julio César Baldivieso · Víctor Agustín Ugarte · Marcelo Moreno Martins.