Fernando Cuellar

Fernando Cuéllar
Personal information
Full nameFernando Cuéllar Ávalos
Date of birthAugust 27, 1945
Place of birthMoquegua, Peru
Date of deathNovember 5, 2008 (aged 63)
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
Universitario de Deportes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968–1976Universitario de Deportes
National team
1971–1975Peru9(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Fernando Cuéllar (August 27, 1945 – November 5, 2008) was a Peruvian football player.

Club career

He was a defender and mainly played in Universitario de Deportes in the 1970s.

International career

Cuéllar made nine appearances for the senior Peru national football team from 1971 to 1975.[1]

Career as manager

Cuéllar was also a successful trainer, leading San Agustin (a very small club from Lima) to win the Peruvian Championship (called "Descentralizado"). He repeated that success with Universitario de Deportes in 1990.[2]

Personal

Cuéllar died 5 November 2008 in Lima.[3]

References