Pedro Juan Febles González (18 April 1958 – 14 December 2011) was a Venezuelan football player and manager.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pedro Juan Febles González | ||
Date of birth | 18 April 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Caracas, Venezuela | ||
Date of death | 14 December 2011 | (aged 53)||
Place of death | Venezuela | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1980 | Deportivo Italia | ||
1980–1983 | Deportivo Galicia | ||
1983–1985 | Atlético San Cristóbal | ||
1985–1989 | Marítimo Caracas | ||
International career | |||
1979–1989 | Venezuela | 25 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Club career
editFebles played for Deportivo Galicia, Atlético San Cristóbal and C.S. Marítimo de Venezuela.[1]
International career
editFebles made 25 appearances for the senior Venezuela national football team from 1979 to 1989,[2][3] including participation in the 1979 Copa América, 1983 Copa América and 1989 Copa América.
He also competed for Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union, where the team was eliminated after the preliminary round.[4]
Manager
editFebles was a successful coach for Caracas FC winning the league during the 87–88 season. He also coached Deportivo Italia and the Venezuela National Team under-14 with Augusto Visa as an assistant coach. Many of his player from that National Team went on to play professional in the Venezuelan League, some of them such as: Alejandro Iglesias, Arnold Rivera, Pablo Rosas, Edwin Quilaguri, Pedro Millan and German Yumar.
Personal
editFebles died at age 52 on 14 December 2011.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Caracas urgido de cambios concretos". Diario El Universal. 27 December 1997. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Venezuela - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ Pedro Febles – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Pedro Febles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Falleció Pedro Febles, figura de la vinotinto de los años ochenta" (in Spanish). El Nacional. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.