Pedro Juan Febles González (18 April 1958 – 14 December 2011) was a

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n football player and manager.

Club career

Febles played for

Deportivo Galicia Deportivo Galicia Fútbol Club (later Galicia de Aragua) was a traditional football club from Venezuela. Founded in Caracas, the club moved, in 2002, to Maracay, in the state of Aragua, when its name changed to Galicia de Aragua, playing the ...

Atlético San Cristóbal Club Atlético San Cristóbal was a Venezuelan professional football club and the club won one First Division title in the professional era. The club was based in San Cristóbal, Táchira. In 1986 it merged with Deportivo Táchira to form Unión ...

and C.S. Marítimo de Venezuela.

International career

Febles made 25 appearances for the senior

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from 1979 to 1989, including participation in the

1979 Copa América The 1979 edition of the Copa América association football tournament was played between 18 July and 12 December. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis. Defending champions Peru were given a bye ...

1983 Copa América The 1983 Copa América association football, football tournament was played between 10 August and 4 November, with all ten CONMEBOL members participating. Defending champions Paraguay national football team, Paraguay received a bye into the semi- ...

and

1989 Copa América The Copa América 1989 football tournament was hosted by Brazil, from 1 to 16 July. All ten CONMEBOL member nations participated. Brazil won their fourth Copa América, and first since 1949, by beating Uruguay 1–0 in the final match at the ...

. He also competed for Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics in

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, where the team was eliminated after the preliminary round.

Manager

Febles was a successful coach for

Caracas FC Caracas Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football team based in Caracas. The club has won twelve First Division titles making it the most successful in Venezuelan football history. They are nicknamed ''Los Rojos del Ávila'', or the "Reds from � ...

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.

References

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