Ramón Antonio Mifflin Páez (born 5 April 1947) is a former

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

vian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player.

Career

He started his career in Centro Iqueño in 1963, by 1965 he played in Defensor Arica, and signed with Peruvian team

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A., shortened to Sporting Cristal, is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, soccer team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by e ...

in 1968 after being named player of the year. He then started in the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to ...

for the

Peru national football team The Peru national football team (), nicknamed ''La Bicolor'', represents Peru in men's international football. The national team has been organised, since 1927, by the Federación Peruana de Fútbol (). It has been a member of FIFA since 1924 ...

with

Héctor Chumpitaz Héctor Eduardo Chumpitaz Gonzáles (; born 12 April 1943, in Cañete) is a former footballer from Peru. He was voted one of the greatest defenders of all time, among the 30 best defenders in football history, and included within the 100 best ...

Teófilo Cubillas Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga (; born 8 March 1949) is a Peruvian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is considered Peru's greatest ever player and one of the best in the history of South America. In an IFFHS poll he wa ...

, Roberto Challe, and Hugo Sotil which were eliminated. After his play in the World Cup, he was signed by Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club of Argentina, and followed by Santos Futebol Clube, Santos of Brazil where he became a close friend of Edson Arantes do Nascimento – Pelé. When Pele retired from Brazilian soccer, he signed for the New York Cosmos (1971–1985), New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League (1968–1984), North American Soccer League (NASL). Pele recommended several players to come and join the NY Cosmos, among them, Carlos Alberto of Brazil and Ramon Mifflin from Peru. IN 1975, Mifflin signed with the Cosmos and remained with the team until 1977. In 1978, he played six games with the Los Angeles Aztecs. Later that year he played 18 games with the New York Eagles of the American Soccer League (1933–83), American Soccer League Mifflin made 44 appearances for the

from 1966 to 1973. Mifflin also played for Peru at the

finals in Mexico.

Retirement

Ramon Mifflin would then end up as an assistant coach for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, 1982 World Cup Squad. His son Ramon also played pro soccer, and was a soccer coach in Calgary, Alberta with Calgary Blizzard Soccer Club and now currently coaches the men’s soccer team at the University of Calgary.

Honours

; Sporting Cristal: *Primera División Peruana, Peruvian League **Winner (5): 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1980 **Runner-up (2): 1967, 1973 ; New York Cosmos: *North American Soccer League (1968-1984), North American Soccer League **Winner (1): Soccer Bowl '77, 1977

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