Teófilo Cubillas
Peruvian footballer
Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga (Spanish pronunciation: [teˈofilo kuˈβiʎas]; born 8 March 1949) is a Peruvian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. 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, shooting ability and free kick ability.[2] He was considered one of the best players in the world of the 1970s and the best in his position of the decade only behind the Dutch Johan Cruyff. Among his main achievements are the FIFA awards for the best young player and the bronze boot in the 1970 FIFA World Cup, as well as the silver boot and member of the ideal team of the 1978 FIFA World Cup, he was also champion and best player of the 1975 Copa América. He is regarded one of the best attacking midfielders in the history of football.
 Cubillas in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1949 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | 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) | |||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1982 | Peru | 81 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Alianza Lima | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||
Nicknamed El Nene (The Kid), he was part of the Peru national football team that won the 1975 Copa América.[3] He helped Peru reach the quarter finals at the 1970 FIFA World Cup[4] and again at the 1978 World Cup[5] and was elected the South American Footballer of the Year in 1972.
In 2004, Pelé selected Cubillas as one of the FIFA 100, a list of 125 footballing greats.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]
Career statistics change
Club change
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Alianza Lima | 1966 | Peruvian Primera División[9] | 23 | 19[10] | – | |||||
| 1967 | 25 | 9 | – | – | ||||||
| 1968 | 26 | 19 | – | – | ||||||
| 1969 | 11 | 5 | – | – | ||||||
| 1970 | 27 | 22[10] | – | – | ||||||
| 1971 | 29 | 22 | – | – | ||||||
| 1972 | 29 | 14 | – | |||||||
| Total | 170 | 110 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| FC Basel | 1973–74 | Swiss Super League[9] | 10 | 3 | 2[11] | |||||
| Porto | 1973–74 | Primeira Liga[9] | 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 | ||
| Total | 85 | 48 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 108 | 65 | ||
| Alianza Lima | 1977 | Peruvian Primera División[9] | 32 | 23 | – | – | – | 32 | 23 | |
| 1978 | 15 | 12 | – | – | 10 | 7 | 25 | 19 | ||
| Total | 47 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 57 | 42 | ||
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers[12] | 1979 | NASL[a] | 30 | 16 | — | – | – | — | 32 | 16 |
| 1980 | 34 | 18 | – | – | – | – | 34 | 18 | ||
| 1981 | 34 | 19 | – | – | – | – | 34 | 19 | ||
| 1982 | 18 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 4 | ||
| 1983 | 23 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 23 | 8 | ||
| Total | 139 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 65 | ||
| Alianza Lima | 1984 | Peruvian Primera División | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| South Florida Sun | 1984[13] | USL | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | |
| 1985 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Alianza Lima | 1987 | Peruvian Primera División | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | ||||
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1988[14] | ASL | 12 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 7 |
| Career total | 488 | 280 | 15 | 12 | 31 | 22 | 534 | 314 | ||
- ↑ Total statistics for his time in the NASL (1979–83) include playoff matches.
International change
- Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cubillas goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 May 1969 | Bogotá, Colombia |  Colombia | 2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 9 July 1969 | Lima, Peru |  Paraguay | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 2–0 | |||||
| 4 | 17 August 1969 | Lima, Peru |  Bolivia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1970 World Cup qualifier |
| 5 | 7 February 1970 | Lima, Peru |  Czechoslovakia | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 6 | 9 February 1970 | Lima, Peru |  Romania | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 7 | 24 February 1970 | Lima, Peru |  Bulgaria | 1–2 | 5–3 | Friendly |
| 8 | 2 June 1970 | León, Mexico | Bulgaria | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1970 World Cup |
| 9 | 6 June 1970 | León, Mexico |  Morocco | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1970 World Cup |
| 10 | 3–0 | |||||
| 11 | 10 June 1970 | León, Mexico |  West Germany | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1970 World Cup |
| 12 | 14 June 1970 | Guadalajara, Mexico |  Brazil | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1970 World Cup |
| 13 | 5 April 1972 | Mexico City, Mexico |  Mexico | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 14 | 23 April 1972 | Bucharest, Romania | Romania | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 15 | 4 March 1973 | Lima, Peru |  Guatemala | 2–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 16 | 4–1 | |||||
| 17 | 23 April 1973 | Lima, Peru |  Panama | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 18 | 20 August 1975 | Lima, Peru |  Chile | 2–0 | 3–1 | Copa America 1975 |
| 19 | 30 September 1975 | Belo Horizonte, Brasil | Brazil | 2–0 | 3–1 | Copa America 1975 |
| 20 | 17 July 1977 | Cali, Colombia | Bolivia | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1978 World Cup qualifier |
| 21 | 3–0 | |||||
| 22 | 3 June 1978 | Córdoba, Argentina |  Scotland | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1978 World Cup |
| 23 | 3–1 | |||||
| 24 | 11 June 1978 | Córdoba, Argentina |  Iran | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1978 World Cup |
| 25 | 3–0 | |||||
| 26 | 4–1 |
Honours change
Porto
- Taça de Portugal: 1976–77
Alianza Lima
Fort Lauderdale Sun
- United Soccer League: 1984, 1985
Peru
Individual
- Peruvian Primera División top scorer: 1966, 1970[10]
- FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 1970
- FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot: 1970
- Copa Libertadores top scorer: 1972
- South American Footballer of the Year: 1972
- CONMEBOL All-Star Team: 1973[16]
- Copa America Best Player: 1975
- FIFA World Cup Silver Boot: 1978
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1978
- NASL All-Star teams, all-time: 1980, 1981[17]
- NASL Best Midfield: 1981
- Fort Lauderdale Strikers top scorer, all time: 1984[18]
- France Football: World Cup top 100 1930–1990: 2000[19]
- World Soccer The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time: 2000[20]
- Placar The 100 Players of the Century: 2000[21]
- Placar The 100 Players FIFA World Cup: 2000[22]
- FIFA 100: 2004
- IFFHS' Best Players of the Century for Peru: 2006[1]
- World – Player of the Century Nº 48: 2006[23]
- South American – Player of the Century Nº 17: 2006[24]
- The Best of The Best – Player of the Century Top 50: 2007[25]
- CONMEBOL All-Star first team 1958–2008: 2008[26]
- Peru national team all-time scoring leader: 2008
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Karel Stokkermans (30 January 2000). "World Player of the Century". IFFHS' Century Elections. RSSSF. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ↑ Teófilo Cubillas Planet World Cup
- ↑ Martin Tabeira (12 August 2009). "Copa América 1975". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ↑ "Group D". World Cup 1970 results and line-ups. RSSSF. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ↑ "Group D". World Cup 1978 finals – results and line-ups. RSSSF. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ↑ "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ↑ All-Star First Team Selection (1958–2008) Retrieved on 17 January 2009. Archived 4 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "World Cup Countdown: 12 Weeks to Go - The Story of Teofilo Cubillas, the Peruvian Pele". Sports Illustrated. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Cubillas: Teófilo Cubillas Arizaga" (in Portuguese). Fora De Jogo. Retrieved 4 November 2012. (stats assumed to be League-only)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Peruvian Championship: Top Scorer Retrieved on 3 January 2009
- ↑ Antonio Zea and Marcel Haisma (9 January 2008). "European Champions' Cup 1973–74 – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ↑ David Litterer. "Part 1: Player Biographies, A-H". TOP INTERNATIONAL STARS IN THE NASL, 1967–1984. American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ↑ "Teofilo Cubillas". North American Soccer League Players. Nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ↑ "Ft. Lauderdale Strikers". American Soccer League 1988 Season. A-League Archives. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ↑ "Teófilo Cubillas – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. 3 November 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ↑ CONMEBOL All-Star Team Archived 10 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 3 January 2009
- ↑ NASL All-Star teams, all-time Retrieved on 3 January 2009
- ↑ "Team Records and League Honors". Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ↑ France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930–1990 Retrieved on 3 January 2009
- ↑ World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time Retrieved on 3 January 2009
- ↑ Placar's 100 Craques do Século Retrieved on 3 January 2009
- ↑ Os 100 Craques das Copas (Placar Magazine) Retrieved on 3 January 2009
- ↑ World – Player of the Century Retrieved on 3 January 2009
- ↑ South American – Player of the Century Retrieved on 3 January 2009
- ↑ "The Best of The Best" Retrieved on 3 January 2009
- ↑ CONMEBOL All-Star first team 1958–2008 Archived 4 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 3 January 2009
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