Diego Penny

Diego Alonso Roberto Penny (born 22 April 1984) is a Peruvian international footballer who plays professionally for Sporting Cristal, as a goalkeeper. He stands at 1.97m tall.

Club career

Early career

Penny began his career in 2004 with Peruvian side Coronel Bolognesi, where he played 180 times.

Burnley

Penny signed a three-year contract for Burnley on 27 June 2008, making his debut on 9 August 2008 in a 4–1 loss against Sheffield Wednesday. After his debut, throughout the 2008–09 season and into his second year with Burnley, he was second-choice to Brian Jensen. Penny made his Premier League debut in the 2009–10 season, after coming on for the injured Jensen in a 3–1 home defeat to Wigan Athletic. On 16 August 2010 he left Burnley by mutual consent and returned to his homeland of Peru. Penny made a total of 4 appearances for Burnley in all competitions.

Juan Aurich

He joined Peruvian club Juan Aurich on 28 August 2010.

International career

Penny made his senior international debut for Peru in 2006.

Sporting Cristal

Club Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Sporting Cristal has won the league title 17 times, and it is the Peruvian team with the third most National titles. All its titles have been won in the professional era.

It is one of the most popular football teams in Peru, along with Universitario de Deportes and Alianza Lima; it is the youngest of the three. In 1997, it became the second Peruvian football club to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores, an international competition.

Sporting Cristal plays home games at the Estadio Alberto Gallardo, but they also play at the Estadio Nacional. They also use the Estadio Nacional when playing international competitions, such as Copa Libertadores.

History

Ricardo Bentín Mujica, with the support of his wife, co-owners of Backus and Johnston brewery, was the man who is credited with achieving the company's goal. A club from Rímac ward, known as Sporting Tabaco founded in 1926 and originally belonging to the tobacco growers' union, was already playing in the professional Peruvian First Division. Never having won a national championship, the club was in dire economic straits. Bentín decided to buy the club and search for a playing ground, so that the club could develop and be able to play better at the professional level. The club found a lot in the neighborhood of La Florida of 137,000 m².