Claudio Pizarro vs Teófilo Cubillas
Peru against Peru. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Claudio Pizarro
Peru · 2001–18 · SS
- Almanac rating
- 87
- Rank in Peru
- #9 of 33
- Caps
- 85 · 20 goals
- Clubs
- Club Alianza Lima, SV Werder Bremen, FC Bayern Munich
On the final day of the 2018/19 season, at 40 years and 227 days, he scored the 88th-minute winner against RB Leipzig and left the Bundesliga its oldest goalscorer. He won the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup with Bayern in 2013, the Intercontinental Cup in 2001, six Bundesliga titles and five DFB-Pokals, plus a Pokal with Bremen, and finished with 197 Bundesliga goals in 490 games. Career record: 85 caps and 20 goals for Peru; club career at Club Alianza Lima, SV Werder Bremen, FC Bayern Munich.
Teófilo Cubillas
Peru · 1970–78 · CM
- Almanac rating
- 93
- Rank in Peru
- #1 of 33
- Caps
- 81 · 26 goals
- Clubs
- Club Alianza Lima, FC Porto, Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Six minutes after his penalty against Scotland in Córdoba on 3 June 1978, he curled a free kick into the top corner with the outside of his right foot. Peru won the 1975 Copa América with him as its best player, and he scored five goals at both the 1970 and 1978 World Cups, one of six men ever to manage that twice, alongside the 1970 young player award and 26 goals in 81 caps. Career record: 81 caps and 26 goals for Peru; club career at Club Alianza Lima, FC Porto, Fort Lauderdale Strikers.
The verdict
The almanac puts Teófilo Cubillas ahead by 6 rating points, 93 against 87.
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