Renny Vicente Vega Hernández (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈreni ˈβeɣa eɾˈnandeθ], born 4 July 1979) is a Venezuelan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played with the Venezuela national team for more than ten years, with his most successful moment being when he was a member of the historic 2011 Copa América squad that reached 4th place.
His performances as goalkeeper under the leadership of coach Richard Páez, and later César Farías, for the national team made him an important player in Venezuelan football's emergent recent history.
On 13 February 2012, was reported that Primera División club Colo-Colo and Caracas reached an agreement in a US$100.000 fee for Vega on a long-season deal,[1][2] being appointed on 16 January during a press conference at Estadio Monumental.
[6] In 1998, Vega was named the best keeper of the Primera División youth ranks and one year later was listed in the Copa América 22–man squad of Venezuela national team by the Argentine coach José Omar Pastoriza.
Vega made his qualifiers debut in a 1–0 away win over Ecuador at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito, his most successful and significant career match, then lost then against the Argentina national football team in the Estadio José Pachencho Romero with goals of the footballers of Barcelona, the centre back Gabriel Milito and the striker Lionel Messi, missing the following qualifier games against Bolivia and Colombia, in where was replaced by the keeper Leonardo Morales, returning in a 1–1 away draw with Uruguay at the Estadio Centenario of the capital Montevideo, in where received a header goal of Diego Lugano.