Juan Carlos Oblitas
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba | ||
Date of birth | February 16, 1951 | ||
Place of birth | Mollendo, Arequipa, Peru | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger/Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Universitario | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1975 | Universitario | ||
1975–1976 | Elche | 1 | (0) |
1976–1977 | Veracruz | 59 | (10) |
1978–1980 | Sporting Cristal | ||
1981–1984 | Sérésien | 84 | (15) |
1984–1985 | Universitario | ||
International career | |||
1973–1985 | Peru | 63 | (11) |
Managerial career | |||
1987–1990 | Universitario | ||
1990–1995 | Sporting Cristal | ||
1996–1999 | Peru | ||
1999–2001 | Sporting Cristal | ||
2003 | Alajuelense | ||
2004 | U. San Martín | ||
2004–2006 | LDU Quito | ||
2007–2009 | Sporting Cristal | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Template:Spanish name Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba (16 February 1951 in Mollendo, Arequipa) is a retired Peruvian footballer, who is a football manager, who is nicknamed El Ciego ("The Blind One"). Oblitas was an extraordinary outside left wing forward at the national team level for Peru back in the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography
Juan Carlos Oblitas, el Ciego, was born in Mollendo, Arequipa on 16 February 1951. He is married to Virginia Villamarin and has three children (Gisella, Juan Fernando, and Vanessa). He has six grandchildren. His son Juan Fernando has three daughters: Paula, Ariana and Andrea.
As a player, he was a participant at the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups. He obtained 64 international caps with Peru, and won the Copa América 1975. He played at the club level for Universitario and Sporting Cristal in Peru, as well as Elche in Spain, Veracruz in Mexico and R.F.C. Sérésien in Belgium.
As a manager, he won the Primera División Peruana national title with Universitario (1987) and Sporting Cristal (1994, 1995), as well as the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol with Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (2005). In the period 1996-99 he coached the Peru national football team, missing the 1998 World Cup finals on goal difference.
Titles
As a player
Season | Club | Title |
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1969 | Universitario de Deportes | Peruvian League |
1971 | Universitario de Deportes | Peruvian League |
1974 | Universitario de Deportes | Peruvian League |
1975 | Peru national team | Copa America |
1979 | Sporting Cristal | Peruvian League |
1980 | Sporting Cristal | Peruvian League |
1985 | Universitario de Deportes | Peruvian League |
As a manager
Season | Club | Title |
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1987 | Universitario de Deportes | Peruvian League |
1991 | Sporting Cristal | Peruvian League |
1994 | Sporting Cristal | Peruvian League |
1995 | Sporting Cristal | Peruvian League |
1999 | Peru national team | Kirin Cup |
2005 | LDU Quito | Serie A de Ecuador |
External links
- Oblitas on RSSSF-site
- Juan Carlos Oblitas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Futbol Factory profile Template:Es icon at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-04-30)
- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Islay Province
- Association football forwards
- Peruvian footballers
- Peru international footballers
- Universitario de Deportes footballers
- Elche CF players
- Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz footballers
- R.F.C. Seraing players
- Sporting Cristal footballers
- Peruvian Primera División players
- La Liga players
- Liga MX players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Peruvian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Peruvian expatriates in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- 1975 Copa América players
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- 1999 Copa América managers
- Peruvian football managers
- Torneo Descentralizado managers
- Universitario de Deportes managers
- Sporting Cristal managers
- Peru national football team managers
- L.D. Alajuelense managers
- Universidad San Martín managers
- LDU Quito managers
- Copa América-winning players
- Expatriate football managers in Costa Rica
- Expatriate football managers in Ecuador