Juan Carlos Oblitas

Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba (born February 16, 1951 in Mollendo, Arequipa) is a former Peruvian football (soccer) player and currently a football manager, who is nicknamed El Ciego ("The Blind One").

Oblitas is married with Virginia Villamarin and he has three children (Gisella, Juan Fernando and Vanessa).

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 (1990) and Sporting Cristal (1994, 1995), as well as the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol with Liga Deportiva Universitaria (Quito) (2005). In the period 1996-99 he coached the Peru national football team, missing the 1998 World Cup finals on goal difference.

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	Peru squad - 1978 FIFA World Cup
1 Sartor \| 2 Duarte \| 3 Manzo \| 4 Chumpitaz \| 5 Díaz \| 6 Velásquez \| 7 Muñante \| 8 Cueto \| 9 P. Rojas \| 10 Cubillas \| 11 Oblitas \| 12 Mosquera \| 13 Cáceres \| 14 Navarro \| 15 Leguía \| 16 Gorriti \| 17 Quesada \| 18 Labarthe \| 19 La Rosa \| 20 Sotil \| 21 Quiroga \| 22 R. Rojas \| Coach: Calderón

	Peru squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Acasuzo \| 2 Duarte \| 3 Salguero \| 4 Gastulo \| 5 Leguía \| 6 Velásquez \| 7 Barbadillo \| 8 Cueto \| 9 Uribe \| 10 Cubillas \| 11 Oblitas \| 12 González \| 13 Arizaga \| 14 Gutiérrez \| 15 Díaz \| 16 Olaechea \| 17 Navarro \| 18 Malásquez \| 19 La Rosa \| 20 Rojas \| 21 Quiroga \| 22 Reyna \| Coach: Tim