Pedro Cubilla

Pedro Cubilla
Personal information
Full name Pedro Ramón Cubilla Almeida
Date of birth (1933-08-25)August 25, 1933
Place of birth Paysandú, Uruguay
Date of death March 16, 2007(2007-03-16) (aged 73)
Place of death Montevideo, Uruguay
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Peñarol Paysandú
Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956 Nacional 1 (0)
1956 Liverpool Montevideo
1957–1960 Peñarol
1961–1962 Rampla Juniors
1963–1964 Huracán 43 (2)
1965 River Plate 0 (0)
1966 Quilmes 5 (1)
1966–1967 Defensor
1968 Toronto Falcons
International career
1961–1962 Uruguay
Managerial career
1976 Santiago Morning
1976–1977 Nacional (assistant)
1976 Nacional (caretaker)
1978 Danubio
1979 Olimpia (assistant)
1980 Olimpia
1980–1981 Peñarol (youth)
1981 Peñarol (assistant)
1982 Olimpia (assistant)
1982–1983 Huracán FC
1985 Rampla Juniors
1985 Nacional (assistant)
1985 Nacional (caretaker)
1986 Huracán Buceo
1987 Deportivo Quito
1988 Central Español
1988–1991 Olimpia (assistant)
1991 Uruguay (caretaker)
1991–1993 Uruguay (assistant)
1995–1997 Olimpia (assistant)
1998 Cartaginés
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cubilla and the second or maternal family name is Almeida.

Pedro Ramón Cubilla Almeida (25 August 1933 in Paysandú, Uruguay – 16 March 2007 in Montevideo, Uruguay) was a Uruguayan professional footballer and manager.[1]

Player career

Pedro Cubilla started his career as a professional playing for Uruguayan clubs Nacional, Peñarol, Rampla Juniors and Liverpool de Montevideo in the Primera División Uruguaya. He continued his international career in Argentina playing for Huracán between 1963–1964 and Quilmes in 1966[2] in the Primera División Argentina[1] after being transferred from River Plate in 1965,[3] where he spent a year inactive due to an injury. He returned to Uruguay in 1967 where he played for C.A. Defensor.

In 1968, he was transferred for the former NASL Canadian team Toronto Falcons[4] coached by the legendary Ladislao Kubala.[5]

He also played for the Uruguay national football team, taking part of a European tour previous to the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile.[6]

Coaching career

His career as a professional coach includes Uruguayan clubs Fénix, Huracán, Danubio, Rampla Juniors, Central Español[7] and Huracán Buceo.[8] Internationally he coached Chilean Santiago Morning,[9] Paraguayan Club Olimpia, Ecuadorian Deportivo Quito[10] and C.S. Cartaginés of Costa Rica.[11]

Pedro Cubilla also worked together with his younger brother Luis[1] as the Assistant Coach for Uruguayan clubs Nacional, Peñarol, Paraguayan Club Olimpia and the Uruguay national football team.[12]

In 1998, he was named president of the Uruguayan National Association of Football Trainers.

Art

Besides football he had a passion for painting. He created many paintings containing scenes of the Afro-Uruguayan candombe culture, tango bars and portraits.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Muere ídolo del fútbol uruguayo Pedro Cubilla". El Mercurio. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  2. ^ "Uruguayan players in Argentina". RSSF.
  3. ^ "Mundialistas uruguayos en Argentina". CIHF. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08.
  4. ^ "Toronto Falcons 1968". The Soccer Almanac. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
  5. ^ "Ladislao Kubala". RSSF.
  6. ^ "Uruguayan Squads in the World Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  7. ^ "1 - 0 vs Central Español". Atilio Software (in Spanish). COMISIÓN DE HISTORIA Y ESTADÍSTICA C.N.deF. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  8. ^ "0 - 1 vs Huracán Buceo". Atilio Software (in Spanish). COMISIÓN DE HISTORIA Y ESTADÍSTICA C.N.deF. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Santiago Morning 1976 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  10. ^ Villavicencio, Roberto (27 September 2021). "Juntos por 'Maradona' Ordóñez". www.extra.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2024. junto a 'Maradona' disfrutó, en 1987, de su mejor año en el Deportivo Quito, con el uruguayo Pedro Cubilla como entrenador.
  11. ^ "Ilusion en azul y blanco". La Nación (San José).[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Uruguay - International Matches 1991-1995". RSSSF.


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