Ernesto Enrique Labarthe Flores (born June 2, 1956 in

Lima, Peru Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

) is a Peruvian retired footballer who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club career

The son of

Sport Boys Sport Boys Association, commonly referred to as Sport Boys or simply Boys, is a Peruvian football club based in the port city of Callao. It was founded on 28 July 1927. Its classic and historic rival is the Atlético Chalaco against whom dispute ...

' president, Labarthe began his professional football career with Sport Boys. After impressing for the Peruvian club, he signed for

Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...

in Mexico for the 1980–81 season. After scoring twice in three matches, Labarthe lost his place in the side and only made three further appearances for Monterrey before leaving the club. After returning to play in Peru, he had another brief stint abroad with Palestino in Chile.

International career

He was a non-playing squad member at the

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by t ...

Personal

Labarthe's son,

Gianfranco Gianfranco is a compound Italian given name, consisting of Gian- and Franco. ''Gian-'' comes from Giovanni and is used in compound names. It is closest to John or French Jean. Gianni means "God is gracious" and Franco means "Free man" or "Frenchman ...

, is also a professional footballer.

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Profile at 1956 births Living people Footballers from Lima Men's association football forwards Peruvian men's footballers Peru men's international footballers Sport Boys footballers C.F. Monterrey players Club Deportivo Palestino footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico {{Peru-footy-forward-stub