Teófilo Cubillas

Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga (; 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. He was renowned for his technique, shooting ability and free kick ability. He was 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 Mexico 1970, as well as the silver boot and member of the ideal team of Argentina 1978, he was also champion and best player of the 1975 Copa América. He is one of the best attacking midfielders in the history of football.

Nicknamed El Nene (The Kid), he was part of the Peru national football team that won the 1975 Copa América. He helped Peru reach the quarter finals at the 1970 FIFA World Cup and again at the 1978 World Cup 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. 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. 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.

Club career statistics

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|1966||rowspan="7"|Alianza Lima||rowspan="7"|Primera División||23||19||||||||||23||19
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|1967||25||9||||||||||25||9
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|1968||25||19||||||||||25||19
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|1969||11||5||||||||||11||5
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|1970||27||22||||||||||27||22
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|1971||29||22||||||||||29||22
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|1972||29||14||||||||||29||14

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|1973/74||Basel||Nationalliga A||10||3||2||2||2||2||14||7

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|1973/74||rowspan="4"|Porto||rowspan="4"|Portuguese Liga||12||4||2||2||colspan="2"|-||14||6
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|1974/75||30||9||4||4||4||2||38||15
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|1975/76||29||28||5||3||4||4||38||35
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|1976/77||14||7||2||1||2||1||18||9

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|1977||rowspan="2"|Alianza Lima||rowspan="2"|Primera División||32||23||||||||||32||23
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|1978||15||12||||||||||15||12

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|1979||rowspan="5"|Fort Lauderdale Strikers||rowspan="5"|NASL||30||16||||||||||30||16
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|1980||27||14||||||||||27||14
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|1981||28||17||||||||||28||17
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|1982||13||4||||||||||13||4
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|1983||22||8||||||||||22||8

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|1984||Alianza Lima||Primera División||4||4||||||||||4||4

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|1985||South Florida Sun||United Soccer League||6||3||||||||||6||3

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|1987||Alianza Lima||Primera División||13||3||||||||||13||3

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|1988||Miami Sharks||American Soccer League||16||7||||||||||16||7
233||152||||||||||233||152
10||3||2||2||2||2||14||7
85||48||13||10||10||7||108||65
142||69||||||||||142||69
470||272||15||12||12||9||497||293
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International career statistics

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|1968||4||0
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|1969||14||4
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|1970||15||8
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|1971||4||0
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|1972||8||2
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|1973||8||3
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|1974||0||0
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|1975||7||2
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|1976||0||0
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|1977||5||2
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|1978||11||5
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|1979||0||0
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|1980||0||0
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|1981||1||0
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|1982||4||0
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!Total||81||26
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References

1949 births
Living people
1970 FIFA World Cup players
1978 FIFA World Cup players
1982 FIFA World Cup players
People from Lima
Peruvian footballers