{"id":842732,"date":"2025-01-11T19:53:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T17:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20250111-ston-paok-o-sergio-pena\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T11:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T09:00:38","slug":"20250111-ston-paok-o-sergio-pena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250111-ston-paok-o-sergio-pena\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Pe\u00f1a joins PAOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sergio Pe\u00f1a<\/strong> was born on <strong>September 28th 1995<\/strong> in <strong>Lima,<\/strong> <strong>Peru<\/strong>.\u00a0He began his career in the youth system at <strong>Alianza Lima<\/strong>, where he made his professional debut in 2012 at the age of 16. He made 22 appearances and cotributed three assists for <strong>Alianza<\/strong> before moving to <strong>Spain<\/strong> in 2013, to join <strong>Granada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At <strong>Granada, Pe\u00f1a<\/strong> played for the second team, making 38 appearances and scoring five goals, while he made 19 appearances for the first team in <strong>LaLiga<\/strong>, scoring once and providing three assists. During his time in <strong>Spain<\/strong>, he was loaned to his former club <strong>Alianza<\/strong> and to <strong>Universidad San Mart\u00edn<\/strong> in the 2016\u201317 season.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the <strong>Peruvian<\/strong> midfielder returned to<strong> Europe,<\/strong> again on loan, this time to <strong>Tondela<\/strong>. In <strong>Portugal,<\/strong> he made 38 appearances, scoring one goal and providing five assists.<\/p>\n<p>A year later, <strong>Pe\u00f1a<\/strong> joined <strong>Dutch<\/strong> side <strong>Emmen,<\/strong> where he established himself as a key midfielder. He stayed in the <strong>Netherlands<\/strong> for two seasons, playing in 60 games, scoring 11 goals and providing 6 assists.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, he signed with <strong>Malm\u00f6,<\/strong> where he had an excellent run over four seasons. With the <strong>Swedish<\/strong> team, he played in 119 games, scoring five goals and providing eight assists, becoming a key cog in the team&#8217;s midfield. 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