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Ramón Mifflin
Mifflin in 1970
Personal information
Full name Ramón Antonio Mifflin Páez
Date of birth (1947-04-05) 5 April 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth Lima, Lima Province, Peru
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1964 Centro Iqueño
1965 Defensor Arica
1966–1973 Sporting Cristal
1973–1974 Racing Club
1974–1975 Santos
1975–1977 New York Cosmos 38 (7)
1978 Los Angeles Aztecs 6 (0)
1978 New York Eagles 18 (0)
1980 Independiente Santa Fe 11 (0)
1981 Sporting Cristal
International career
1966–1973 Peru 44 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 2009

Ramón Antonio Mifflin Páez (born 5 April 1947) is a former Peruvian football 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 in 1968 after being named player of the year. He then started in the 1970 FIFA World Cup for the Peru national football team with Héctor Chumpitaz, Teófilo Cubillas, Roberto Challe, and Hugo Sotil which were eliminated. After his play in the World Cup, he was signed by Racing Club of Argentina, and followed by 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 of the 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

Mifflin made 44 appearances for the Peru national football team from 1966 to 1973. Mifflin also played for Peru at the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals in Mexico.

Retirement

Ramon Mifflin would then end up as an assistant coach for the 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
  • Peruvian League
    • Winner (5): 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1980
    • Runner-up (2): 1967, 1973
New York Cosmos

References

  1. Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  2. "NASL-Ramon Mifflin".
  3. Pierrend, José Luis (28 May 2009). "Peru – Record International Players". RSSSF.
  4. Ramón Mifflin – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. University of Calgary (2024). "Dinos University of Calgary". Godinos.com. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

External links

Peru squads
Peru squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup
Peru
1976 NASL All-Stars
First Team
Second Team
Honorable Mention
Juan Aurich – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
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