Luis Cubilla

Luis Cubilla

Cubilla playing at River Plate in 1966.
Personal information
Full name	Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida
Date of birth	March 28, 1940 (1940-03-28)
Place of birth	Paysandú, Uruguay
Playing position	Winger
Youth career
	Colón de Paysandú
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1957–1962	Peñarol	63	(14)
1962–1964	Barcelona	16	(2)
1964–1968	River Plate	129	(31)
1969–1974	Nacional	120	(39)
1975	Santiago Morning
1976	Defensor Sporting
National team
1959–1974	Uruguay	38	(11)
Teams managed
1979–1980	Olimpia
1980	Newell's Old Boys
1981	Peñarol
1982	Olimpia
1983	Atlético Nacional
1984	River Plate
1988–1993	Olimpia
1994	Racing Club
1995–2002	Olimpia
2003	Talleres
2005	Comunicaciones
2007	Barcelona SC
2009	Colegio Nacional Iquitos
2010	Olimpia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Cubilla and the second or maternal family name is Almeida.

Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida (born 28 March 1940 in Paysandú) is a former Uruguayan football player and coach. He had a successful playing career winning 15 major titles. He then went on to become one of the most successful managers in South American football with 17 major titles to date.

Playing career

Also known as "El Negro", Cubilla started his playing career in the youth team of Colón de Paysandu. In 1957 he joined Peñarol where he was part of the team that won 4 Uruguayan league championships, two Copa Libertadores and a Copa Intercontinental.

In 1962 he joined FC Barcelona of Spain, where he was part of the team that won the Copa del Rey in 1963.

Cubilla returned to South America in 1964 to play for River Plate of Argentina. In 1969 he returned to Uruguay joining Nacional where he won 4 more Uruguayan league titles, another Copa Libertadores, a Copa Interamericana and another Copa Intercontinental.

In the last years of his career he played for Santiago Morning of Chile and Defensor Sporting of Uruguay where he helped the club to win their first league championship and break the complete dominance of the league by Peñarol and Nacional.

Between 1959 and 1974 Cubilla played 38 games for the Uruguay national team in which he scored 11 goals. He played in three World Cups in 1962, 1970 and 1974.

Managerial career

As a coach, Cubilla achieved enormous success with Club Olimpia of Paraguay, winning 7 international titles and several national championships. He also coached Newell's Old Boys, Nacional, Peñarol, Defensor Sporting, Danubio (all of Uruguay), Atlético Nacional of Colombia, River Plate of Argentina and Cerro Porteño and Club Libertad, both from Paraguay.

Between 1991-1993 Luis Cubilla was the head coach of the Uruguay National Team and worked together with his older brother Pedro Cubilla as his assistant coach and Alejandro Riccino as the physical trainer.

During 1994 he coached the famous argentinean club Racing Club de Avellaneda.

In February 2007, Cubilla signed with the Ecuadorian team Barcelona de Guayaquil.

In 2010, he returned once again as a coach for Club Olimpia of Paraguay.

Titles

As a player

Season	Team	Title
1958	Peñarol	Uruguayan league
1959	Peñarol	Uruguayan league
1960	Peñarol	Uruguayan league
1960	Peñarol	Copa Libertadores
1961	Peñarol	Uruguayan league
1961	Peñarol	Copa Libertadores
1961	Peñarol	Copa Intercontinental
1963	Barcelona	Copa Del Rey
1969	Nacional	Uruguayan league
1970	Nacional	Uruguayan league
1971	Nacional	Uruguayan league
1971	Nacional	Copa Libertadores
1971	Nacional	Copa Intercontinental
1972	Nacional	Uruguayan league
1976	Defensor	Uruguayan league

As a manager

Season	Team	Title
1979	Olimpia	Paraguayan Primera
1979	Olimpia	Copa Libertadores
1979	Olimpia	Copa Interamericana
1980	Olimpia	Copa Intercontinental
1981	Peñarol	Uruguayan league
1982	Olimpia	Paraguayan Primera
1988	Olimpia	Paraguayan Primera
1989	Olimpia	Paraguayan Primera
1990	Olimpia	Supercopa Sudamericana
1990	Olimpia	Copa Libertadores
1990	Olimpia	Recopa Sudamericana
1995	Olimpia	Paraguayan Primera
1997	Olimpia	Paraguayan Primera
1998	Olimpia	Paraguayan Primera
1999	Olimpia	Paraguayan Primera
2003	Olimpia	Recopa Sudamericana

References

Preceded by Sebastião Lazaroni

South American Coach of the Year 1990

Succeeded by Alfio Basile