Fernando Cuéllar (footballer) explained

Fernando Cuéllar
Fullname:Fernando Cuéllar Ábalos
Birth Date:27 August 1945
Birth Place:Moquegua, Peru
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:Universitario
Years1:1968–1980
Years2:1981
Nationalyears1:1971–1975
Nationalteam1:Peru
Nationalcaps1:9
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1984
Managerclubs1:León de Huánuco
Manageryears2:1985-1986
Managerclubs2:San Agustín
Manageryears3:1987
Manageryears4:1990-1991
Manageryears5:1997
Manageryears6:2004

Fernando Cuéllar Ávalos (August 27, 1945 – November 5, 2008) was a Peruvian football player.

Club career

He was a defender and mainly played in Universitario de Deportes in the 1970s.

International career

Cuéllar made nine appearances for the senior Peru national football team from 1971 to 1975.[1]

Career as manager

Cuéllar was also a successful trainer, leading San Agustin (a very small club from Lima) to win the Peruvian Championship (called "Descentralizado"). He repeated that success with Universitario de Deportes in 1990.[2]

Personal

Cuéllar died 5 November 2008 in Lima.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peru - Record International Players . 2009-03-06 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090202151750/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/peru-recintlp.html . 2009-02-02 .
  2. Web site: El Comercio. Cuando el 'Gato' Cuellar retiró a Germán Leguía de la 'U'. When the 'Cat' Cuellar ended Germán Leguía's career with the 'U'. Peredo, Daniel. es. 8 April 2010.
  3. News: El Comercio. Falleció Fernando Cuéllar, ex gloria de Universitario. 2008-11-05. 2009-03-06.