Oscar ZubÃa
Oscar Zubía
Joffre Zubía Oscar Miguez ( born February 8, 1946) is a former Uruguayan football player.
Player
Association
The striker began his career in 1968 with River in Montevideo. About the intermediate station 1971 at montevideanischen city rivals Peñarol, with which he took part in that year at the Copa Libertadores, his path led him in 1972 to Ecuador. Here the Mundialista played called Zubía, partly together with his compatriots Eliseo Álvarez and Héctor Silva, seven years for Liga de Quito. After the club played unterklassig after the descent, finished Liga de Quito in 1973 to fifth place in the tournament and missed so rise to a rank advancement, since according to the regulations could ascend only four team of Pichincha. Also in 1974 played the Zubía first used on the center forward position with his team until mid-year, first in the Segunda Categoría. Then rose to Liga de Quito and was in the same year Ecuadorian master. The following year they repeated the championship triumph when they prevailed in the final against El Nacional. With the commitment of Juan José Pérez changed Zubiás use position on the field, because he took a now the right wing saves, while his counterpart formed on the left side Gustavo Tapia. Zubía participated with his club and at the Copa Simón Bolívar. Due to a meniscus surgery, he finally had to end his career in 1978. He then remained in Ecuador, to work-related temporary, he did his other life in 2000 in the United States. In 2008 he returned to Ecuador.
National
For the national team of Uruguay, he graduated from his debut on May 28, 1968 until his last mission on February 10, 1971 15 international matches, where his personal statistics has hit four goals. During this period, he took part with the Celeste at the Football World Cup in 1970 and was used in the course of the tournament in the two group games against national teams from Sweden and Italy.
Coach
After end of his career as an active player, he also worked as a coach. In this role, he oversaw 1997-1998 Liga de Quito