Abel Lobatón Vesgas

Abel Augusto Lobatón Vesgas (born 22 August 1957) is a Peruvian footballer who played as a forward. He is the father of Peruvian internationals Abel and Carlos Lobatón.

Biography Club career Abel Lobatón Vesgas began his career with Sport Boys of Callao in 1975. He played there intermittently for eight seasons from his debut until 1990, the year of his retirement from professional football. Runner-up in the Peruvian league with Sport Boys in 1976, he had the opportunity to play in the Copa Libertadores the following year (three matches played). He had a second stint with another Peruvian club, Unión Huaral, in 1984.

He spent a large part of his career in Colombia during the 1980s, playing two seasons for Deportes Quindío (1980–1981) before joining one of the best teams, Deportivo Pereira (alongside Eduardo Vilarete, Iván Chumi Castañeda, Jairo Chiqui Aguirre, and Miguel Ángel Manzi), which was on the verge of winning the 1982 Colombian championship before collapsing three matches from the end. In 1987, he returned to Independiente Medellín, his last club in Colombia.

International career Abel Lobatón, who earned eight caps for Peru between 1979 and 1985, scored three goals for the national team. He only played in friendly matches for Peru.

Statistics

+ List of international goals scored by Abel Lobatón Vesgas No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1. 10 October 1979 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 2–3 2–3 Friendly 2. 2 August 1984 Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín, Colombia 1–1 1–1 3. 3 October 1984 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 1–2 1–3