Juan Carlos Oblitas

Juan Carlos Oblitas
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba
Date of birth (1951-02-16) February 16, 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Mollendo, Arequipa, Peru
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger/Forward
Youth career
1967 Universitario
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1975 Universitario
1975–1976 Elche 1 (0)
1976–1977 Veracruz 59 (10)
1978–1980 Sporting Cristal
1981–1984 Sérésien 84 (15)
1984–1985 Universitario
International career
1973–1985 Peru 63 (11)
Managerial career
1987–1990 Universitario
1990–1995 Sporting Cristal
1996–1999 Peru
1999–2001 Sporting Cristal
2003 Alajuelense
2004 U. San Martín
2004–2006 LDU Quito
2007–2009 Sporting Cristal
2015–2022 Peru (technical director)
Medal record
Men’s football
Representing  Peru
Copa América
Winner 1975
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Oblitas and the second or maternal family name is Saba.

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.