Luis Cubilla
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida | |
| Date of birth | March 28, 1940 | |
| Place of birth | Paysandú, Uruguay | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Colón de Paysandu | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1957-1962 1962-1964 1964-1968 1969-1974 1975 1976 |
Peñarol FC Barcelona River Plate Nacional Santiago Morning Defensor Sporting |
129 (31) |
| National team | ||
| 1959-1974 | Uruguay | 38 (11) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1979-1980 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1988-1993 1994 1995-2002 2003 2005 2007 |
Olimpia Newell's Old Boys Peñarol Olimpia Atlético Nacional River Plate Olimpia Racing Club Olimpia Talleres Comunicaciones Barcelona SC |
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Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida (born March 28, 1940 in Paysandú, Uruguay) is a former football (soccer) player and coach. He had a successful playing career winning 15 major titles. He then went on to become one of the most successful managers in South American football with 17 major titles to date.
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[edit] Playing career
Also known as "El Negro", Cubilla started his playing career in the youth team of Colón de Paysandu. In 1957 he joined Peñarol where he was part of the team that won 4 Uruguayan league championships, two Copa Libertadores and a Copa Intercontinental.
In 1962 he joined FC Barcelona of Spain, where he was part of the team that won the Copa del Rey in 1963.
Cubilla returned to South America in 1964 to play for River Plate of Argentina. In 1969 he returned to Uruguay joining Nacional where he won 4 more Uruguayan league titles, another Copa Libertadores and another Copa Intercontinental.
In the last years of his career he played for Santiago Morning of Chile and Defensor Sporting of Uruguay where he helped the club to win their first league championship and break the complete dominance of the league by Peñarol and Nacional.
Between 1959 and 1974 Cubilla played 38 games for the Uruguay national team in which he scored 11 goals[1]. He played in three World Cups in 1962, 1970 and 1974.
[edit] Managerial career
As a coach, Cubilla achieved enormous success with Club Olimpia of Paraguay, winning 7 international titles and several national championships. He also coached Newell's Old Boys, Nacional, Peñarol, Defensor Sporting, Danubio (all of Uruguay), Atlético Nacional of Colombia, River Plate of Argentina and Cerro Porteño and Club Libertad, both from Paraguay.
In February 2007, Cubilla signed with the Ecuadorian team Barcelona de Guayaquil.
[edit] Titles
[edit] As a player
| Season | Team | Title |
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| 1958 |  Peñarol |
Uruguayan league |
| 1959 | Peñarol |
Uruguayan league |
| 1960 | Peñarol |
Uruguayan league |
| 1960 | Peñarol |
Copa Libertadores |
| 1961 | Peñarol |
Uruguayan league |
| 1961 | Peñarol |
Copa Libertadores |
| 1961 | Peñarol |
Copa Intercontinental |
| 1963 |  Barcelona |
Copa del Rey |
| 1969 | Nacional |
Uruguayan league |
| 1970 | Nacional |
Uruguayan league |
| 1971 | Nacional |
Uruguayan league |
| 1971 | Nacional |
Copa Libertadores |
| 1971 | Nacional |
Copa Intercontinental |
| 1972 | Nacional |
Uruguayan league |
| 1976 | Defensor |
Uruguayan league |
[edit] As a manager
| Season | Team | Title |
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| 1979 |  Olimpia |
Paraguayan Primera |
| 1979 | Olimpia |
Copa Libertadores |
| 1979 | Olimpia |
Copa Interamericana |
| 1980 | Olimpia |
Copa Intercontinental |
| 1981 | Peñarol |
Uruguayan league |
| 1982 | Olimpia |
Paraguayan Primera |
| 1983 |  Atlético Nacional |
Colombian league |
| 1988 | Olimpia |
Paraguayan Primera |
| 1989 | Olimpia |
Paraguayan Primera |
| 1990 | Olimpia |
Paraguayan Primera |
| 1990 | Olimpia |
Copa Libertadores |
| 1990 | Olimpia |
Recopa Sudamericana |
| 1995 | Olimpia |
Paraguayan Primera |
| 1997 | Olimpia |
Paraguayan Primera |
| 1998 | Olimpia |
Paraguayan Primera |
| 1999 | Olimpia |
Paraguayan Primera |
| 2003 | Olimpia |
Recopa Sudamericana |
| Preceded by Sebastião Lazaroni |
South American Coach of the Year 1990 |
Succeeded by Alfio Basile |
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