Juan Carlos Oblitas Explained

Juan Carlos Oblitas
Fullname:Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba
Birth Date:16 February 1951
Birth Place:Mollendo, Arequipa, Peru
Height:1.76 m
Position:Winger/Forward
Youthyears1:1967
Youthclubs1:Universitario
Years1:1968–1975
Years2:1975–1976
Years3:1976–1977
Years4:1978–1980
Years5:1981–1984
Years6:1984–1985
Clubs1:Universitario
Clubs2:Elche
Clubs3:Veracruz
Clubs4:Sporting Cristal
Clubs5:Sérésien
Clubs6:Universitario
Caps2:1
Goals2:0
Caps3:59
Goals3:10
Caps5:84
Goals5:15
Nationalyears1:1973–1985
Nationalteam1:Peru
Nationalcaps1:63
Nationalgoals1:11
Manageryears1:1987–1990
Manageryears2:1990–1995
Manageryears3:1996–1999
Manageryears4:1999–2001
Manageryears5:2003
Manageryears6:2004
Manageryears7:2004–2006
Manageryears8:2007–2009
Manageryears9:2015–2022
Managerclubs1:Universitario
Managerclubs2:Sporting Cristal
Managerclubs3:Peru
Managerclubs4:Sporting Cristal
Managerclubs5:Alajuelense
Managerclubs6:U. San Martín
Managerclubs7:LDU Quito
Managerclubs8:Sporting Cristal
Managerclubs9:Peru (technical director)

Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba (16 February 1951 in Mollendo, Arequipa) is a retired Peruvian footballer, who is 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 1970s and 1980s.

Biography

Juan Carlos Oblitas, el Ciego, was born in Mollendo, Arequipa on 16 February 1951.He is married to Virginia Villamarin and has three children (Gisella, Juan Fernando, and Vanessa). He has six grandchildren. His son Juan Fernando has three daughters: Paula, Ariana and Andrea.

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.

After Manuel Burga resigned following a long period of criticism, the new FPF leadership of Edwin Oviedo appointed him as technical director for the national team. There, in January 2017, he helped the new FPF leadership to design the "Minors Plan" project, with the aim to improve the youth football of Peru which has been weaker than most of other CONMEBOL nations, in order to rebuild and reform football development in Peru for the future.[1] He also aimed to make Peru one of major youth football power in South America, hoping to achieve more frequent qualification to the FIFA U-17 and FIFA U-20 World Cups. He also helped designing the Centennial Plan 2022, with its goal is to achieve more World Cup qualification successes, and making the Peruvian youth league one of South America's strongest, as well as the construction of new FPF Academy, the Center of National Teams. ->[2]

Titles

As a player

SeasonClubTitle
1969 Peruvian League
1971 Peruvian League
1974 Peruvian League
1975 Copa America
1979 Peruvian League
1980 Peruvian League
1985 Peruvian League

As a manager

SeasonClubTitle
1987 Peruvian League
1991 Peruvian League
1994 Peruvian League
1995 Peruvian League
1999 Kirin Cup
2005 Serie A de Ecuador

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plan de Menores » FPF.
  2. Web site: Plan Centenario . https://web.archive.org/web/20210518204115/http://www.fpf.org.pe/noticias/plan-centenario/ . 2021-05-18.