Pedro Febles Explained

Pedro Febles
Fullname:Pedro Juan Febles González
Birth Date:18 April 1958
Height:5 ft. 10 in
Years1:1979–1980
Years2:1980–1983
Years3:1983–1985
Years4:1985–1989
Nationalyears1:1979–1989
Nationalcaps1:25
Nationalgoals1:5

Pedro Juan Febles González (18 April 1958 – 14 December 2011) was a Venezuelan football player and manager.

Club career

Febles played for Deportivo Galicia, Atlético San Cristóbal and C.S. Marítimo de Venezuela.[1]

International career

Febles made 25 appearances for the senior Venezuela national football team from 1979 to 1989,[2] 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.[3]

Manager

Febles 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

Febles died at age 52 on 14 December 2011.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diario El Universal. Caracas urgido de cambios concretos. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306015153/http://www.eud.com/1997/12/27/dep_art_27304aa.shtml%26. dead. 2016-03-06. 1997-12-27. 2009-03-26.
  2. Web site: Venezuela - Record International Players. RSSSF. 2009-03-26.
  3. Web site: Sports Reference. Pedro Febles. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083227/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/pedro-febles-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. 2009-03-26.
  4. Web site: El Nacional. Falleció Pedro Febles, figura de la vinotinto de los años ochenta. Spanish. 15 December 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120215091457/http://www.el-nacional.com/noticia/14206/2/Fallecio-Pedro-Febles%2C-figura-de-la-vinotinto-de-los-a%C3%B1os-ochenta.html. 15 February 2012.