Oscar Zubía

Óscar Zubía
	Zubía at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Joffre Óscar Zubía Miguez
Date of birth	8 February 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967–1970	River Plate Montevideo
1970–1972	Peñarol
1972–1976	LDU Quito
International career‡
1968–1971	Uruguay
Managerial career
1978	LDU Quito
1993–1994	LDU Quito
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 26, 2009; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 26, 2009

Joffre Óscar Zubía Miguez (born 8 February 1946, in Montevideo) is a retired Uruguayan football player. He has played for clubs in Ecuador and Uruguay, as well as the Uruguay football team in the 1970 World Cup.

Club career

Zubia started his career at River Plate de Montevideo, where he impressed the national team, earning a spot on the 1970 Uruguay World Cup team.

He then transferred to cross-town team Peñarol, where he was able to play in his first Copa Libertadores in 1971.

In 1972, Zubia made the move to Ecuador to play for LDU Quito, where he helped the team earn its first two national championships also becoming the national top scorer with 30 goals. He retired from football after his participation at the Quito club.

International career

Zubia had 15 caps for the Uruguay football team from 1968-1971. He was part of the squad that played in the 1970 World Cup, earning 2 caps against Italy & Sweden.

Later career

Since retiring from footballer, Zubia has stayed on with LDU Quito as a manager at the youth and senior level. He was the senior team coach from 1997-1998.Currently works as a Scout and Coaching the minor leagues in LDU Quito

Honors

LDU Quito

Serie A: 1974, 1975

External links

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