Oscar Malbernat

Oscar Malbernat
Personal information
Full name	Oscar Miguel Malbernat Candela
Date of birth	2 February 1944
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Date of death	9 August 2019 (aged 75)
Place of death	La Plata, Argentina
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1962–1972	Estudiantes LP
1972	Boca Juniors
1973	Racing Club
International career‡
1965–1970	Argentina
Managerial career
1984	Cerro Porteño
1985	Nacional
1986–1988	Estudiantes
1989	Deportivo Quito
1990	Barcelona SC
1991	El Nacional
1992	LDU Quito
1993	Guaraní
1994	Deportivo Quito
1995–1996	Provincial Osorno
1997–1999	Audax Italiano
2000–2001	Cobreloa
2002–2003	Estudiantes LP
2004	Universitario
2005	U. San Martín
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2007; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2007

Oscar Miguel Cacho Malbernat Candela (2 February 1944 – 9 August 2019) was an Argentine footballer, who was the captain of Estudiantes de La Plata between 1967 and 1972, when the team won a local championship in 1967, three consecutive Copa Libertadores titles (1968 to 1970) and one Intercontinental Cup (1968), where he marked Manchester United's George Best.^[1] During one of the 1970 Intercontinental Cup games, he ripped off Joop van Daele's glasses and trampled on them claiming that he was "not allowed to play with glasses".^[2]

Before his retirement, he played for Boca Juniors in 1972 and Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1973.

After his career Malbernat would become a manager at various clubs all over South America including his former club Estudiantes on two occasions and other clubs in Paraguay, Ecuador, Chile and Peru. Most recently, Malbernat worked as manager of the youth divisions in Estudiantes.

Honours

Club

Estudiantes de La Plata

Primera División Argentina (1): 1967 Metropolitano
Copa Libertadores (2): 1968, 1970
Copa Interamericana (1): 1968
Copa Intercontinental (1): 1968

References

^ "Oscar Malbernat". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
^ "Intercontinental Cup 1970". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2010.

External links

Media related to Oscar Malbernat at Wikimedia Commons
Oscar Malbernat at El Crack Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

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[1] "Oscar Malbernat". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 December 2011.

[2] "Intercontinental Cup 1970". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2010.

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