Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba (Mollendo, Arequipa, 1951) is a former Peruvian football (soccer) player and currently 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 70s and 80s.
Biography
Juan Carlos Oblitas, el Ciego, was born in Mollendo, Arequipa on February 16, 1951. He is married to Virginia Villamarin and 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 (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
As a manager
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February 16, 1951 |
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Mollendo, Arequipa, Peru |
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