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. 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. ->
Career statistics International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsPeru1973301975134197711419781111981401982511984201985141Total6311
Scores and results table. Peru's goal tally first:
+ List of international goals scored by Juan Carlos OblitasNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1. 01.07.75 Lima, Peru 1–0 2–0 Friendly 2. 07.08.75 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 3–0 3–1 1975 Copa América 3. 20.08.75 Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima, Peru 2–0 3–1 4. 22.10.75 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 1–0 2–0 5. 20.02.77 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador 1–0 1–1 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification 6. 12.03.77 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 2–0 4–0 7. 3–0 8. 26.03.77 2–0 2–0 9. 23.03.78 Lima, Peru 1–3 1–3 Friendly 10. 28.04.82 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 1–0 1–0 11. 23.06.85 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 1–0 1–0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
Titles
As a player SeasonClubTitle1969 Universitario de Deportes Peruvian League1971 Universitario de Deportes Peruvian League1974 Universitario de Deportes Peruvian League1975 Peru national team Copa America1979 Sporting Cristal Peruvian League1980 Sporting Cristal Peruvian League1985 Universitario de Deportes Peruvian League
As a manager SeasonClubTitle1987 Universitario de Deportes Peruvian League1991 Sporting Cristal Peruvian League1994 Sporting Cristal Peruvian League1995 Sporting Cristal Peruvian League1999 Peru national team Kirin Cup2005 LDU Quito Serie A (Ecuador)
References
External links Oblitas on RSSSF-site