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Teófilo Cubillas

Full name	Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga
Date of birth	March 8, 1949 (1949-03-08) (age 59)
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth clubs
	Alianza Lima
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1966-1972 1973 1974-1976 1977-1978 1979-1983 1984 1987 1988-1989	Alianza Lima FC Basel FC Porto Alianza Lima FL Strikers Alianza Lima Alianza Lima Miami Sharks Total	0175 (116) 0014 00(7) 0108 0(65) 0056 0(42) 0141 0(65) 0004 00(4) 00 13 0 (3) 0 510 (302)
National team
1968-1982	Peru	081 0(26)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga (born March 8, 1949) is a Peruvian former footballer.

A midfielder of notable technique and speed, Cubilas became a member of the Peru national team, which he helped win the 1975 Copa América and reach the quarter finals stage at the World Cups of the 1970 and 1978. He scored 10 overall goals in three World Cups.

Among his individual honours, he was voted "South American Footballer of the Year" in 1972, and in 1999, he was voted 17th best player of the twentieth century in a poll by the IFFHS.^[1]

1 Biography
- 1.1 Club career
2 International career
3 Honours
4 Statistics
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Club career

Nicknamed "Nene" (the babe) for his boyish looks, Cubillas was born near Puente Piedra, Lima. His career began with the Peruvian club Alianza Lima at the age of 16. The following year he left his homeland to play for Swiss football club FC Basel. Unable to settle in Switzerland, Cubillas moved to Portuguese club FC Porto.

Cubillas returned to his former team Alianza in 1977, and in 1979 he signed with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League, where in 5 seasons he scored 65 goals, including 3 goals in 7 minutes against the Los Angeles Aztecs in 1981[1].In 1985, he joined the Fort Lauderdale Sun of the U.S. second division United Soccer League (USL).

He made a return from retirement to play for his first club, Alianza Lima, after its entire team died in an aircraft crash in the ocean near Ventanilla, Callao, Perú, on December 8th 1987, the worst tragedy in the history of Peruvian football. He played a few matches mostly as a sign of both respect for the fallen and hope for the club's fans.

Cubillas currently resides in Coral Springs, Florida, where he owns a youth football camp. He was the only Peruvian named by Pelé as one of the 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004^[2]

[edit] International career

At the age of 20, Cubillas helped Peru advance to the quarterfinals of the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He scored in all of Peru's four matches: once against Bulgaria, twice against Morocco, and one against West Germany, all in the first round, and one more in the quarterfinal loss against Brazil. He was the third highest scorer of the tournament with 5 goals, behind Gerd Müller (10) and Jairzinho (7).

Peru did not qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany, but a year later Cubillas helped the Peruvian team win its second South American title, scoring two goals that helped Peru beat Brazil 3-1 in the semifinals. In the 1978 FIFA World Cup, Peru advanced to the second phase of the tournament thanks largely to goals Cubillas scored: he found the net twice against Scotland, and then made a hat-trick against Iran.

He was also in the Peruvian national team's squad for 1982 FIFA World Cup. However, Peru were knocked out in the first round, despite draws against both Cameroon and Italy. Months later, Cubillas retired from the Peru national team.

His 10 World Cup goals are the most by any Peruvian player in World Cup competition, and with 26 goals in 81 international matches, he holds, as of 2008, the all-time scoring record for his country.

[edit] Honours

[edit] With Alianza Lima

Primera División Peruana Champion, 1977
Primera División Peruana Champion, 1978

[edit] With the Peru national team

1970 FIFA World Cup: Quarter-finals (7th place)
Copa América 1975: Champion
1978 FIFA World Cup: Quarter-finals (8th place)
1982 FIFA World Cup: Round 1

[edit] Individual honours

1966 Peruvian Championship: Top Scorer
1970 Peruvian Championship: Top Scorer [2]
1970 FIFA World Cup: Best Young Player
1970 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team Player
1970 World Cup Bronze Boot
1972 Libertadores Cup: Top Scorer
1972 South American Footballer of the Year
1973 Member of the Selection of football of America
1975 Copa America Best Player
1978 FIFA World Cup Silver Boot
1980 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team Player
1980 NASL All-Star teams, all-time
1981 NASL: Best Midfield
1981 NASL All-Star teams, all-time
1984 Top scorer in the history of the Club "Fort Lauderdale Strikers"
2000 France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930-1990
2000 World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time
2000 Placar's 100 Craques do Século
2000 Os 100 Craques das Copas (Placar Magazine)
2004 FIFA 100
2006 IFFHS' Players of the Century for Peru
2006 World - Player of the Century: Ranking Nº 48
2006 South American - Player of the Century: Ranking Nº 17
2007 "The Best of The Best"
2008 Named in the Ideal Selection of sudamerica in the last 50 years

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Selected statistics

268 goals in 469 official games of championships of the first division
23 goals in 28 official games of international championships of clubs.
11 goals in 13 official games of national cup.
302 goals in 510 official games to level of clubs.
26 goals in 81 official international games with the Peruvian national team.
328 goals in 591 official games of club and national team.
10 goals in World Cup finals (Mexico 70, Argentina 78, España 82)

[edit] General statistics

Team	Goals	Matches	Goal average
Alianza Lima	295	448	0.66
FC Basel	8	16	0.50
FC Porto	69	113	0.61
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	74	155	0.48
South Florida Sun	7	14	0.50
Miami Sharks	9	19	0.45
Peru National Team	45	117	0.38
Others	8	10	0.80
Total	515	892	0.58

The information includes official and friendly games.

[edit] Records

7th place in the all-time World Cup goalscoring list.
He was the first player in World Cup history to score at least 5 goals in each of 2 World Cups (1970, 1978). Miroslav Klose of Germany is the only other player to have achieved the feat (2002, 2006).
16th place in the NASL all time players points table, with 179 points, 5 seasons, 120 matches and 59 goals

[edit] References

^ Stokkermans, Karel. IFFHS' Century Elections. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
^ Source: http://www.the-100.com/players/Teofilo_Cubillas.aspx

[edit] External links

v • d • e Peru squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup

1 Rubiños • 2 Campos • 3 de la Torre • 4 Chumpitaz • 5 Fuentes • 6 Mifflin • 7 Challe • 8 Baylón • 9 León • 10 Cubillas • 11 Gallardo • 12 Correa • 13 P. González • 14 Fernández • 15 J. González • 16 Salinas • 17 Cruzado • 18 del Castillo • 19 Reyes • 20 Sotil • 21 Goyzueta • 22 Ramírez • Coach: Didi

v • d • e Peru squad - 1978 FIFA World Cup

1 Sartor • 2 Duarte • 3 Manzo • 4 Chumpitaz • 5 Díaz • 6 Velásquez • 7 Muñante • 8 Cueto • 9 P. Rojas • 10 Cubillas • 11 Oblitas • 12 Mosquera • 13 Cáceres • 14 Navarro • 15 Leguía • 16 Gorriti • 17 Quesada • 18 Labarthe • 19 La Rosa • 20 Sotil • 21 Quiroga • 22 R. Rojas • Coach: Calderón

v • d • e Peru squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Acasuzo • 2 Duarte • 3 Salguero • 4 Gastulo • 5 Leguía • 6 Velásquez • 7 Barbadillo • 8 Cueto • 9 Uribe • 10 Cubillas • 11 Oblitas • 12 González • 13 Arizaga • 14 Gutiérrez • 15 Díaz • 16 Olaechea • 17 Navarro • 18 Malásquez • 19 La Rosa • 20 Rojas • 21 Quiroga • 22 Reyna • Coach: Tim

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South American Footballer of the Year