About Teófilo Cubillas Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga (born 8 March 1949) is a Peruvian former footballer. He is considered Peru's most renowned player, and one of the best South-American footballers of all-time. Nicknamed El Nene (The Kid), he was part of the Peru national team that won the 1975 Copa América. He helped Peru reach seventh place at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, eighth place at the 1978 World Cup and was elected the South American Footballer of the Year in 1972. Cubillas was a midfielder of excellent technical ability, powerful shot and great dribbling, he was also known as a free kick specialist. He was a prolific goalscorer (with 515 goals in his whole career), his 10 World Cup goals place him in seventh place in the ranking of the World Cup all-time scorers, and are the most by any midfielder in the World Cup. He is the all-time leading scorer for his country, with 45 goals in 117 matches. He was voted the 48th best footballer of the 20th century in a poll by the IFFHS. Pelé named Cubillas as one of the 125 greatest living footballers in his 2004 FIFA 100 list. In February 2008, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Brazilian World Cup victory, he was selected in the All-Star First Team of South America of the past 50 years.