Juan Carlos Cubillas

Juan Carlos Cubillas (born 20 October 1971) is a retired Panamanian football midfielder. He is currently the manager of Panama U-17.

Juan Carlos Cubillas

Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Cubillas
Date of birth	(1971-10-20) October 20, 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	El Chorrillo, Panama
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2007	Tauro
2005	Santa Rita
International career‡
1996–2005	Panama	56	(2)
Managerial career
2010–2011	Tauro
2012	Plaza Amador
2014–	Panama U-17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 August 2015

Club career

Cubillas spent the majority of his career with local side Tauro. In summer 2005, he went to play alongside compatriot Ángel Luis Rodríguez for Ecuadoran second division team Santa Rita.^[1]

International career

Cubillas made his debut for Panama in a June 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Belize and has earned a total of 53 caps, scoring 2 goals.^[2] He represented his country in 15 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.^[3]

His final international was a February 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.

International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.^[4]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 October 1996	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Canada	1–0	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	27 May 2001	Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés, Honduras	Nicaragua	3–0	6–0	2001 UNCAF Nations Cup

Managerial career

Cubillas was named manager of Tauro in April 2010,^[5] but was replaced by Rolando Palma in November 2011.^[6] He took charge of Plaza Amador in January 2012 but was already dismissed in February 2012.^[7] In February 2014 Cubillas was appointed head coach of the Panama national under-17 football team.^[8]