Gustavo Peña Velasco (22 November 1942 – 19 January 2021) was a Mexican professional footballer and manager.
Born in Talpa de Allende, Peña moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, with his parents when he was young.
Gustavo Peña died of COVID-19 in Mexico City on 19 January 2021, at age 78, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[1]
He began playing football with local side CD Oro. He played for nearly twenty years in the Primera División with Oro, Cruz Azul, Monterrey[2] and Club de Fútbol Laguna.[3]
He earned 82 caps and scored 3 goals for the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) from 1961 to 1974,[4] and captained the team in FIFA World Cup (1966 and 1970) tournaments.[5]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 22 June 1966 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland |  Northern Ireland |
1–? | 1–4 | Friendly |
| 2. | 20 October 1968 | Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru |  Peru |
2–3 | 3–3 | Friendly |
| 3. | 11 June 1970 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Belgium |
1–0 | 1–0 | 1970 FIFA World Cup |
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