Person
- Born
- 1949-03-08
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Film & TV
Acting · Lima, Peru
Known for
- Fuimos héroes — Teófilo Cubillas2025
- '78 Cup - The Power of Football — Self1979
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Na-ion batteries, recent advances and present challenges to become low cost energy storage systems
· 2012 · cited 3,435x
- A comprehensive review of sodium layered oxides: powerful cathodes for Na-ion batteries
· 2015 · cited 1,318x
- Solid dispersions as strategy to improve oral bioavailability of poor water soluble drugs
· 2007 · cited 1,297x
- Update on Na-based battery materials. A growing research path
· 2013 · cited 955x
- Polynuclear NiII and MnII azido bridging complexes. Structural trends and magnetic behavior
· 1999 · cited 806x
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Key facts
- 1973
- Basel
- 1983
- Fort Lauderdale Strikers (indoor)
- 1984
- Alianza Lima
- 1988
- Fort Lauderdale Strikers
- 1989
- Miami Sharks
- Full name
- Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga
- Date of birth
- ( 1949-03-08 ) 8 March 1949 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Lima , Lima Province , Peru
- Height
- 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
- Position
- Attacking midfielder
- Years
- Team
- 1966 1972
- Alianza Lima
- 1974 1977
- Porto
Key dates
- Born
- 8 March 1949
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Peru
- Place of birth
- Lima
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 1970 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Fort Lauderdale Strikers
- Position played
- midfielder
Article
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga ( Spanish pronunciation: [teˈofilo kuˈβiʎas]; born 8 March 1949) is a Peruvian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is considered Peru's greatest ever player and one of the best in the history of South America. In an IFFHS poll he was selected as the best Peruvian player in history and was also included in the world's Top 50 of the 20th century. At the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Pelé acknowledged Cubillas, referring to him as his successor. Cubillas was renowned for his technique, shooting ability and free kick ability.
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1949 births1970 FIFA World Cup players1975 Copa América players1978 FIFA World Cup players1982 FIFA World Cup players20th-century Peruvian sportsmenAmerican Soccer League (1988–89) playersClub Alianza Lima footballersCopa América–winning playersCopa Libertadores top scorersExpatriate men's footballers in PortugalExpatriate men's footballers in Switzerland