Place of birth Paysandu, Uruguay Playing position Role Football player | Place of death Montevideo, Uruguay Name Pedro Cubilla Position Midfielder | |
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Full name Pedro Ramon Cubilla Almeida Date of birth (1933-08-25)August 25, 1933 Date of death March 16, 2007(2007-03-16) (aged 73) Died March 16, 2007, Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Pedro Ramon Cubilla Almeida (Paysandu, Uruguay, 25 August 1933 – Montevideo, Uruguay, 16 March 2007) was a Uruguayan football player and coach.
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Player career
Pedro Cubilla started his career as a professional playing for Uruguayan clubs Nacional, Penarol, Rampla Juniors and Liverpool de Montevideo in the Primera Division Uruguaya. He continued his international career in Argentina playing for Huracan between 1963–1964 and Quilmes in 1966 in the Primera Division Argentina after being transferred from River Plate in 1965, 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 coached by the legendary Ladislao Kubala.
He also played for the Uruguay national football team, taking part of a European tour previous to the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile.
Coaching career
His career as a professional coach includes Uruguayan clubs Fenix, Huracan, Danubio, Rampla Juniors, Central Espanol and Huracan Buceo. Internationally he coached Chilean Santiago Morning, Paraguayan Club Olimpia, Ecuadorian Deportivo Quito and C.S. Cartagines of Costa Rica.
Pedro Cubilla also worked together with his younger brother Luis as the Assistant Coach for Uruguayan clubs Nacional, Penarol, Paraguayan Club Olimpia and the Uruguay national football team.
In 1998 he was named president of the Uruguayan National Association of Football Trainers.
Passion for Art
Beside football he had a passion for painting. He created many paintings containing scenes of the Afro-Uruguayan candombe culture, tango bars and portraits.