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Nicknamed "Nene", Cubillas' career began with Peruvian club Alianza de Lima at the age of 16. When he was 20, he helped the peruvian team classify to the quarterfinals in the Mexico 1970 world soccer cup. In 1972 he was elected "South American Soccer player of the year". The following year he left his homeland to play for Swiss soccer club FC Bassell signing a contract for US$97,000. Unable to settle in Switzerland or maybe because he received a better offer, Cubillas moved to Portuguese club FC Porto, with a US$200,000 contract.

Peru was not able to classify to the world soccer cup Germany 74, but a year later Cubillas helped the peruvian team gain a second South American title, with two beautiful goals winning 3 to 1 over Brasil in the semifinals. In the 1978 world cup, Peru advanced to the second phase of the tournament due to the goals of the "Nene".

Cubillas returned to his old team Alianza, and in 1979 he signed with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. In 5 seaons of the NASL he made 65 goals, including 3 goals in 7 minutes against the Aztecs of Los Angeles in 1981. He went to the 1982 world soccer cup, with no luck. Months later he would retire from the peruvian national team.

Cubillas currently resides in Coral Springs, Florida, where he owns a youth soccer camp.

1 Honors

1.1 International Team Honors & Titles

• Peru national football team 1970-78, 81-86
• Football World Cup 1970, 1978, 1982
• American cup 1975

1.2 Goals & Matches

• 26 goals in 81 class "A" international matches, of which 45 were with the peruvian team
• 7th place in world soccer cups, with 10 goals (as of his last world soccer cup)
• Alianza Lima: 295 goals.
• Peruvian team: 117 matches, 45 goals.
• 2 times top goal maker of the peruvian league (1966, 1971).
• 16th place in the NASL all time players, with 179 points, 5 seasons, 120 matches and 59 goals.
• Top goal maker of the Strikers in the history of the club.

1.3 Awards

• Champion Alianza Lima: 1977 & 1978
• South American MVP 1972.
• Best Forward NASL 1981
• 11th place in the all-time top players according to the Argentinian magazine "El Gráfico"
• Member of the All-Star team of the NASL in 1981
• Member of the 2nd all-time team of the NASL.
• "Botín de Plata" (Silver Boot) in the world cup Argentina 1978 for being the 2nd goal maker in that tournament.