Pedro Febles

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Pedro Febles

| fullname = Pedro Juan Febles González

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1958|4|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|12|14|1958|4|18|df=y}}

| death_place = Venezuela

| height = 5 ft. 10 in

| currentclub =

| position = Striker

| years1 = 1979–1980 | clubs1 = Deportivo Italia | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1980–1983 | clubs2 = Deportivo Galicia | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1983–1985 | clubs3 = Atlético San Cristóbal | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1985–1989 | clubs4 = Marítimo Caracas | caps4 = | goals4 =

| nationalyears1 = 1979–1989 | nationalteam1 = Venezuela | nationalcaps1 = 25 | nationalgoals1 = 5

}}

Pedro Juan Febles González (18 April 1958 – 14 December 2011) was a Venezuelan football player and manager.

Club career

Febles played for Deportivo Galicia, Atlético San Cristóbal and C.S. Marítimo de Venezuela.{{cite web|publisher=Diario El Universal|title=Caracas urgido de cambios concretos|url=http://www.eud.com/1997/12/27/dep_art_27304AA.shtml&|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306015153/http://www.eud.com/1997/12/27/dep_art_27304aa.shtml%26|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-06|date=1997-12-27|accessdate=2009-03-26}}

International career

Febles made 25 appearances for the senior Venezuela national football team from 1979 to 1989,{{cite web|title=Venezuela - Record International Players|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/venez-recintlp.html|accessdate=2009-03-26}}{{FIFA player|49301|Pedro Febles}} including participation in the 1979 Copa América, 1983 Copa América and 1989 Copa América.

He also competed for Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union, where the team was eliminated after the preliminary round.{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Pedro Febles|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/pedro-febles-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083227/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/pedro-febles-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|accessdate=2009-03-26}}

Manager

Febles was a successful coach for Caracas FC winning the league during the 87–88 season. He also coached Deportivo Italia and the Venezuela National Team under-14 with Augusto Visa as an assistant coach. Many of his player from that National Team went on to play professional in the Venezuelan League, some of them such as: Alejandro Iglesias, Arnold Rivera, Pablo Rosas, Edwin Quilaguri, Pedro Millan and German Yumar.

Personal

Febles died at age 52 on 14 December 2011.{{cite web|publisher=El Nacional|title=Falleció Pedro Febles, figura de la vinotinto de los años ochenta|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticia/14206/2/Fallecio-Pedro-Febles,-figura-de-la-vinotinto-de-los-a%C3%B1os-ochenta.html|language=Spanish|date=15 December 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215091457/http://www.el-nacional.com/noticia/14206/2/Fallecio-Pedro-Febles%2C-figura-de-la-vinotinto-de-los-a%C3%B1os-ochenta.html|archivedate=15 February 2012}}