Teófilo Cubillas

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cubillas and the second or maternal family name is Arizaga.

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Teófilo Cubillas
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Hugo Sotil, Teofilo Cubillas, and Roberto Challe
Personal information
Full name Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga
Date of birth (1949-03-08) 8 March 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
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Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
Alianza Lima
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1972 Alianza Lima 175 (117)
1973 Basel 10 (3)
1974–1977 Porto 85 (48)
1977–1978 Alianza Lima 47 (35)
1979–1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 139 (65)
1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (indoor) 9 (9)
1984 Alianza Lima 4 (4)
1984-85 South Florida Sun 7 (5)
1987–1988 Alianza Lima 13 (3)
1988 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 12 (7)
1989 Miami Sharks 8 (1)
Total 506 (297)
International career
1968–1982 Peru 81 (26)
Managerial career
1988 Alianza Lima
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga (Spanish pronunciation: [teˈofilo kuˈβiʎas]; born 8 March 1949) is a Peruvian former footballer. He was selected as Peru's greatest ever player in an IFFHS poll, in which he was also included in the world's Top 50.[1] He was renowned for his technique and free kick ability.

Nicknamed El Nene (The Kid), he was part of the Peru national team that won the 1975 Copa América.[2] He helped Peru reach the quarter finals at the 1970 FIFA World Cup[3] and again at the 1978 World Cup[4] and was elected the South American Footballer of the Year in 1972.

He is the all-time leading scorer for his country, with 26 goals in 81 matches. In 2004, Pelé selected Cubillas as one of the FIFA 100, a list of 125 footballing greats.[5] In February 2008, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Brazilian World Cup victory, he was selected in the All-Star First Team of South America of the past 50 years.[6] Cubillas is one of only three players to score five or more goals in two different World Cups, the other two being Miroslav Klose and Thomas Müller.[7]

Club career

Nicknamed "Nene" (the babe) for his boyish looks, Cubillas began his career with Alianza Lima at the age of 16 in 1966.[8] Whilst at Alianza he was top scorer in the Peruvian Primera División in 1966 and 1970.[9]

In 1972, he had his most successful season in several years. He was Libertadores Cup top scorer and South American Footballer of the Year.[10]

In 1973 he transferred to Swiss football club FC Basel for a fee of £97,000.[11] He scored two goals for Basel in the 1973–74 European Cup, the second of which was scored on 20 September 1973.[12]

Later on in the 1973–74 season he moved to Portuguese club FC Porto for a fee of £200,000.[11]

In 1977 he returned to Alianza Lima.[citation needed]

In 1979, Cubillas joined the NASL, signing for Fort Lauderdale Strikers, where he spent five seasons, scoring 59 league goals, including three goals in seven minutes against the Los Angeles Aztecs in 1981.[13]

Following the December 1987 Alianza Lima air crash Cubillas returned from his Miami home to play for free for Alianza, who lost most of their players in the crash.[14] He also managed the club for a period in 1988.[15]

In May 1988 Cubillas signed with the newly resurrected Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the American Soccer League.[16] The Strikers went to the ASL title game where they fell to the Washington Diplomats.[17] Following the loss to the Diplomats, the Strikers released Cubillas.[18]

In March 1989, he signed with the Miami Sharks but was released on 3 July after scoring only one goal in eight games.[19] As of June 1991 he was playing and coaching at Miramar Illusiones of the Gold Coast Soccer League in Florida.[20]

International career

Cubillas played in three World Cups between 1970 and 1982.[21]

1970 World Cup

Cubillas helped Peru advance to the quarter-finals of the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He scored in all of Peru's four matches: once against Bulgaria, twice against Morocco, and once against West Germany, all in the first round. Cubillas then scored another goal in the quarter-final loss against eventual champions Brazil, and he thus finished as the third highest goal scorer in the tournament.[3]

He won the FIFA World Cup Young Player Award, and was third in the Golden Shoe award.[22]

1975 Copa America

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, the Copa América 1975. Cubillas scored against Brazil in the semi-final, and then played in the play-off match in the final.[2]

1978 World Cup

In the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, he scored five goals for the Peruvian national team, finishing joint second highest goal scorer after Mario Kempes. Peru advanced to the second phase of the tournament thanks to goals from Cubillas: he scored two goals in the opening match against Scotland (one of which was an excellent free-kick),[23] and he then scored a hat-trick in the game against Iran, two penalties and a close range finish from inside the penalty area. However, Peru subsequently lost to Brazil, Poland, and Argentina, although Cubillas played in all six Peruvian matches in the tournament.[4]

1982 World Cup

He was also in the Peruvian squad for 1982 FIFA World Cup. He played in all three group games but did not score any goals.[21]

Honors

Club

Porto
Alianza Lima
Fort Lauderdale Sun


Club

National Team

Individual

Statistics

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Peru League Cup South America Total
1966 Alianza Lima Primera División 23 19 – 2 1 25 20
1967 25 9 – – 25 9
1968 26 19 – – 26 19
1969 11 5 – – 11 5
1970 27 22 – – 27 22
1971 29 22 – – 29 22
1972 29 14 – 6 6 35 20
1973 5 7 – – – – 5 7
Switzerland League Schweizer Cup Europe Total
1973–74 Basel Super League 10 3 2 2 4 2[12] 16 7
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Europe Total
1973–74 Porto Primeira Liga[34] 12 4 3 1 - 15 5
1974–75 30 9 6 4 4 2 40 15
1975–76 29 28 4 4 5 4 38 36
1976–77 14 7 3 2 2 1 19 10
Peru League Cup South America Total
1977 Alianza Lima Primera División[34] 32 23 – – – 32 23
1978 15 12 – – 10 7 25 19
USA League Open Cup North America Total
1979 Fort Lauderdale Strikers[35] North American
Soccer League		 30 16 — – – — 32 16
1980 34 18 – – – – 34 18
1981 34 19 – – – – 34 19
1982 18 4 – – – – 18 4
1983 23 8 – – – – 23 8
Peru League Cup South America Total
1984 Alianza Lima Primera División 4 4 – – – – 4 4
USA League Open Cup North America Total
1984[36] South Florida Sun USL 5 4 – – – 5 4
1985 2 1 – 2 1
Peru League Cup South America Total
1987 Alianza Lima Primera División 13 3 13 3
USA League Open Cup North America Total
1988[37] Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–94) ASL 12 7 – – – – 12 7
Total Peru 233 152 0 0 16 13 249 165
Switzerland 10 3 2 2 4 2 16 7
Portugal 85 48 13 10 10 7 108 65
USA 160 77 0 0 0 0 160 77
Career total 488 280 15 12 31 22 534 314

Note: Total statistics for his time in the NASL (1979–83) include playoff matches.

International goals

Teofilo Cubillas: International goals[38]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1969-07-17 Bogotá, Colombia  Colombia 2–1 3–1 Friendly
2 1969-09-07 Lima, Peru  Paraguay 1–0 2–1 Friendly
3 1969-09-07 Lima, Peru  Paraguay 2–0 2–1 Friendly
4 1969-08-17 Lima, Peru  Bolivia 2–0 3–0 1970 World Cup Qualifier
5 1970-07-02 Lima, Peru  Czechoslovakia 2–1 2–1 Friendly
6 1970-09-02 Lima, Peru  Romania 1–1 1–1 Friendly
7 1970-02-24 Lima, Peru  Bulgaria 1–2 5–3 Friendly
8 1970-06-02 León, Mexico  Bulgaria 3–2 3–2 1970 World Cup
9 1970-06-02 León, Mexico  Morocco 1–0 3–0 1970 World Cup
10 1970-06-06 León, Mexico  Morocco 3–0 3–0 1970 World Cup
11 1970-06-10 León, Mexico  West Germany 1–2 1–3 1970 World Cup
12 1970-06-14 Guadalajara, Mexico  Brazil 2–3 2–4 1970 World Cup
13 1972-04-05 Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico 1–1 1–2 Friendly
14 1972-04-23 Bucharest, Romania  Romania 1–1 2–2 Friendly
15 1973-03-04 Lima, Peru  Guatemala 2–0 5–1 Friendly
16 1973-03-04 Lima, Peru  Guatemala 4–1 5–1 Friendly
17 1973-04-23 Lima, Peru  Panama 3–0 4–0 Friendly
18 1975-08-20 Lima, Peru  Chile 2–0 3–1 Copa America 1975
19 1975-09-30 Belo Horizonte, Brasil  Brazil 2–0 3–1 Copa America 1975
20 1977-07-17 Cali, Colombia  Bolivia 2–0 5–0 1978 World Cup Qualifier
21 1977-07-17 Cali, Colombia  Bolivia 3–0 5–0 1978 World Cup Qualifier
22 1978-06-03 Córdoba, Argentina  Scotland 2–1 3–1 1978 World Cup
23 1978-06-03 Córdoba, Argentina  Scotland 3–1 3–1 1978 World Cup
24 1978-06-11 Córdoba, Argentina  Iran 2–0 4–1 1978 World Cup
25 1978-06-11 Córdoba, Argentina  Iran 3–0 4–1 1978 World Cup
26 1978-06-11 Córdoba, Argentina  Iran 4–1 4–1 1978 World Cup

References

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  16. ↑ CUBILLAS SIGNS WITH STRIKERS Miami Herald, The (FL) – Saturday, 7 May 1988
  17. ↑ The Year in American Soccer – 1988
  18. ↑ STRIKERS LOSE FINAL, RELEASE CUBILLAS Miami Herald, The (FL) – Sunday, 28 August 1988
  19. ↑ SHARKS OWNER CUTS CUBILLAS , CLAIMS POOR PLAY, LITTLE EFFORT Miami Herald, The (FL) – Monday, 3 July 1989
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  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Teofilo Cubillas: Legends of the Football World Cup Retrieved on 19 May 2013
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  24. ↑ CONMEBOL All-Star Team Retrieved on 3 January 2009
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 NASL All-Star teams, all-time Retrieved on 3 January 2009
  26. ↑ France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930–1990 Retrieved on 3 January 2009
  27. ↑ World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time Retrieved on 3 January 2009
  28. ↑ Placar's 100 Craques do Século Retrieved on 3 January 2009
  29. ↑ Os 100 Craques das Copas (Placar Magazine) Retrieved on 3 January 2009
  30. ↑ World – Player of the Century Retrieved on 3 January 2009
  31. ↑ South American – Player of the Century Retrieved on 3 January 2009
  32. ↑ "The Best of The Best" Retrieved on 3 January 2009
  33. ↑ CONMEBOL All-Star first team 1958–2008 Retrieved on 3 January 2009
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