Teodoro Fernández, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Teodoro Fernández

Peruvian footballer

Date of Birth: 20-May-1913

Place of Birth: Cañete, Biobío Region, Chile

Date of Death: 09-Sep-1996

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Peru

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Teodoro Fernández Meyzán (born 20 May 1913 in Cañete — died 17 September 1996 in Lima), nicknamed "Lolo", was a Peruvian football striker.
Arguably one of Peru's two most important football players (along with Teófilo Cubillas), he was part of the Peru national football team that reached quarter-finals in the 1936 Summer Olympics and won the 1939 Copa America, a tournament where he emerged as the top scorer and best player.
He was captain of the Peru national football team from 1935 to 1947 scoring 24 goals in 32 matches.Fernández is the most emblematic player in the history of club Universitario de Deportes for which he played his whole career, winning six times the Primera División Peruana.
Although he sporadically reinforced other clubs in friendly matches, clubs such as Alianza Lima and Colo-Colo, Fernández never represented a club other than Universitario in official competitions.
Known as "El Cañonero" ("The Cannoneer") due to his excellence as a centre-forward and his strong shooting, Fernández was the Primera División Peruana top-scorer seven times.