# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/teofilo-cubillas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:04:27.883Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/teofilo-cubillas"
name: "Teófilo Cubillas"
slug: "teofilo-cubillas"
description: "Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga is a Peruvian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is considered Peru's greatest ever player and one of the best in the history of South America. In an IFFHS poll he was selected as the best Peruvian player in history and was also included in the world's Top 50 of the 20th century. At the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Pelé acknowledged Cubillas, referring to him as his successor. Cubillas was renowned for his technique, shooting ability and free kick ability."
tagline: "Peruvian footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Teofilo_cubillas_panini_card_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1949-03-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           24.34286266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1705029"
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    title: "Teófilo Cubillas"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump