Carlos Eduardo Peruena Rodríguez (13 March 1955 – 2 June 2018) was a Uruguayan football defender. He was also known as "Toto."

Biography

He started his career in the youth teams of the Uruguayan club C.A. Peñarol. In 1978, he was bought by the Spanish team Real Betis for 15 million pesetas. He played 83 league games for Betis, scoring 2 goals. In 1982, he joined Oviedo. He made his debut for the team on September 5, 1982, in a Segunda División match against Linares. The game ended 3-0, with Peruena scoring the second goal. Later in his career, he played for Granada. His last clubs were Olimpia Asunción from Paraguay and Cerrito from Uruguay. In 1988, he moved to Venezuela, where he lived for 3 decades. He became a youth coach at Club Deportivo Español de Barinas. In his final years, he had serious health issues. A tumor and heart problems were discovered, but surgery was not possible. Carlos Peruena died on June 2, 2018, from heart failure in Barinas, Venezuela.

International career

Peruena played in 4 matches for the Uruguay national football team from 1975 to 1978. He also took part in the 1975 Copa América tournament.