Teófilo Cubillas

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Teófilo Cubillas is a legendary Peruvian attacking midfielder renowned for his prolific World Cup performances and status as one of South America's greatest footballers.

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Teófilo Cubillas canonical 3
Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf footballer
human
awardReceived Peruvian Footballer of the 20th Century
South American Footballer of the Year
clubDebutWith Alianza Lima
continentOfCitizenship South America
countryOfCitizenship Peru
dateOfBirth 1949-03-08
familyName Cubillas
FIFAWorldCupGoalsRank one of the highest-scoring midfielders in World Cup history
fullName Teófilo Cubillas self-linksurface differs
surface form: Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga
gender male
givenName Teófilo
goalsScoredInTournament 1970 FIFA World Cup: 5 goals
1978 FIFA World Cup: 5 goals
languageSpoken Spanish
league Peruvian Primera División
memberOfSportsTeam Alianza Atlético
Alianza Lima
FC Basel
FC Porto
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Fort Lauderdale Sun
Miami Sharks
Peru national football team
South Florida Sun
nickName El Nene
notableWork prolific performances at FIFA World Cups
numberOfAppearancesForNationalTeam 81
numberOfGoalsForNationalTeam 26
participatedIn 1970 FIFA World Cup
1978 FIFA World Cup
1982 FIFA World Cup
placeOfBirth Lima
surface form: Lima, Peru
playedInLeague North American Soccer League (1968–1984)
surface form: North American Soccer League

Primeira Liga
surface form: Primeira Divisão (Portugal)
playsForNationalTeam Peru national football team
positionPlayed attacking midfielder
midfielder
recognizedAs one of Peru's greatest footballers
one of South America's greatest footballers
sport association football
styleOfPlay free-kick specialist
powerful long-range shooter
technically gifted attacking midfielder
topScorerInTournament 1970 FIFA World Cup for Peru
totalWorldCupGoals 10

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1970 FIFA World Cup bestYoungPlayer Teófilo Cubillas
Teófilo Cubillas fullName Teófilo Cubillas self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga
Peru national football team notablePlayer Teófilo Cubillas