Pedro Cubilla

Uruguayan footballer and coach (1933-2007)

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
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1962	Uruguay

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 and Huracán Buceo. Internationally he coached Chilean Santiago Morning, Paraguayan Club Olimpia, Ecuadorian Deportivo Quito and C.S. Cartaginés of Costa Rica.^[7]

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.^[8]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Muere ídolo del fútbol uruguayo Pedro Cubilla". El Mercurio. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
^ "Uruguayan players in Argentina". RSSF.
^ "Mundialistas uruguayos en Argentina". CIHF. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08.
^ "Toronto Falcons 1968". The Soccer Almanac. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
^ "Ladislao Kubala". RSSF.
^ "Uruguayan Squads in the World Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
^ "Ilusion en azul y blanco". La Nación (San José).^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Uruguay - International Matches 1991-1995". RSSSF.