Luis Alberto Cubilla
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Paysandú, Uruguay | ||
| Date of death | 3 March 2013 (aged 72) | ||
| Place of death | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Colón de Paysandú | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1962 | Peñarol | 63 | (14) |
| 1962–1964 | Barcelona | 16 | (2) |
| 1964–1968 | River Plate | 129 | (31) |
| 1969–1974 | Nacional | 120 | (39) |
| 1975 | Santiago Morning | ||
| 1976 | Defensor Sporting | ||
| National team | |||
| 1959–1974 | Uruguay | 38 | (11) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1979–1980 | Olimpia Asunción | ||
| 1980 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| 1981 | Peñarol | ||
| 1982 | Olimpia Asunción | ||
| 1983 | Atlético Nacional | ||
| 1984 | River Plate | ||
| 1988–1993 | Olimpia Asunción | ||
| 1994 | Racing Club | ||
| 1995–2002 | Olimpia Asunción | ||
| 2003 | Talleres | ||
| 2005 | Comunicaciones | ||
| 2007 | Barcelona SC | ||
| 2009 | Colegio Nacional Iquitos | ||
| 2010 | Olimpia Asunción | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008. |
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Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida (28 March 1940 – 3 March 2013) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He had a successful playing career winning 16 major titles. He then went on to become one of the most successful managers in South American football with 17 major titles.
Also known as "El Negro", Cubilla was born in Paysandú and started his playing career in the youth team of Colón de Paysandu. In 1957 he joined Peñarol where he was part of the team that won four Uruguayan league championships, two Copa Libertadores and a Copa Intercontinental.
In 1962 he joined FC Barcelona of Spain, where he was part of the team that won the Copa del Rey in 1963. He played 49 games and scored 12 goals with Barça.
Cubilla returned to South America in 1964 to play for River Plate of Argentina. In 1969 he returned to Uruguay joining Nacional where he won 4 more Uruguayan league titles, another Copa Libertadores, a Copa Interamericana and another Copa Intercontinental.
In the last years of his career he played for Santiago Morning of Chile and Defensor Sporting of Uruguay where he helped the club to win their first league championship and break the complete dominance of the league by Peñarol and Nacional.
Between 1959 and 1974 Cubilla played 38 games for the Uruguay national team in which he scored 11 goals. He played in three World Cups in 1962, 1970 and 1974.
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