{{Short description|Peruvian footballer (born 1984)}} {{family name hatnote|Penny|Roberto|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Diego Penny | image = DiegoPenny2013.JPG | upright = 0.9 | full_name = Diego Alonso Roberto Penny<ref name="Hugman2009-10">{{Cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10 | year = 2009| publisher = Mainstream Publishing | isbn = 978-1-84596-474-0}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|22|df=y}}<ref name="Hugman2009-10"/> | birth_place = Lima, Peru | height = 1.97 m<ref name="Hugman2009-10"/> | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Deportivo Garcilaso | clubnumber = 1 | years1 = 2004–2008 | clubs1 = Coronel Bolognesi | caps1 = 181 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2008–2010 | clubs2 = Burnley | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2010–2013 | clubs3 = Juan Aurich | caps3 = 77 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2013–2016 | clubs4 = Sporting Cristal | caps4 = 130 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2017–2018 | clubs5 = Melgar | caps5 = 56 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2019–2021 | clubs6 = Universidad San Martín | caps6 = 81 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2022 | clubs7 = Alianza Atlético | caps7 = 31 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2023– | clubs8 = Deportivo Garcilaso | caps8 = 36 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2006–2016 | nationalteam1 = Peru | nationalcaps1 = 17 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 4 April 2024 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 07:39, 24 October 2017 (UTC) }}
'''Diego Alonso Roberto Penny''' (born 22 April 1984) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Deportivo Garcilaso.<ref>{{soccerway|diego-alonso-penny-valdez/23473|accessdate=26 December 2019}}</ref> He stands at 1.97m tall.<ref>{{cite web|title=Diego Penny Profile |url=http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10413,00.html |publisher=Burnley |accessdate=6 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725110138/http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10413,00.html |archivedate=25 July 2008 }}</ref> He made 17 appearances for the Peru national team.
==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,<ref>{{cite news|title=Burnley complete Peru keeper deal|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/7472268.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=27 June 2008|access-date=27 June 2008}}</ref> making his debut on 9 August 2008 in a 4–1 loss against Sheffield Wednesday.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sheff Wed 4–1 Burnley|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/7540956.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=9 August 2008|access-date=27 September 2008}}</ref> 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 by Wigan Athletic. On 16 August 2010, he left Burnley by mutual consent and returned to his homeland of Peru.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goalkeeper Diego Penny leaves Burnley by mutual consent|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/8919225.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 August 2010|access-date=16 August 2010}}</ref> Penny made a total of four appearances for Burnley in all competitions.<ref>{{soccerbase|49272}}</ref>
===Juan Aurich=== He joined Peruvian club Juan Aurich on 28 August 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pase grande: Diego Penny fue presentado en Aurich y quiere volver a la selección (in spanish)|work=El Comercio |url=http://elcomercio.pe/deportes/630449/noticia-pase-grande-diego-penny-fue-presentado-aurich-quiere-volver-seleccion|publisher=El Comercio.pe|date=28 August 2010|accessdate=15 December 2010}}</ref>
==International career== Penny made his senior international debut for Peru in 2006.<ref>{{NFT player|id=12204|accessdate=}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Worldfootball.net|diego-penny|new_id=pe4460}}
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