Alfonso Huapaya
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel Alfonso Huapaya Cabrera | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1911 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Date of death | 16 April 2009 (aged 97) | ||
| Place of death | Chaclacayo, Peru | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Independiente Chosica | |||
| Mariscal Sucre | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1944 | Mariscal Sucre | ||
| Centro Iqueño | |||
| Mariscal Sucre | |||
| 1950–1952 | Sport Boys | ||
| 1952 | Peru | ||
| 1954–1955 | Sport Boys | ||
| 1960 | Alianza Lima | ||
| 1966 | Carlos Concha | ||
| 1971 | José Gálvez FBC | ||
| 1971 | Deportivo SIMA | ||
| 1974 | Walter Ormeño | ||
| 1992 | Deportivo Yurimaguas | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ángel Alfonso Huapaya Cabrera (2 August 1911 – 16 April 2009) was a Peruvian football former and manager.
Managerial career
Nicknamed El Sastre ("the tailor"), Alfonso Huapaya played for Mariscal Sucre in the 1930s.
After becoming a coach, he won the Peruvian championship in 1944 with the same club.[1] Between 1950 and 1952, he managed Sport Boys, leading them to the 1951 championship, the first of Peru's professional era.[2] Simultaneously, he coached the Peruvian national team at the 1952 Panamerican Championship in Santiago, Chile.[3] He returned to Sport Boys for a second stint between 1954 and 1955.
In 1960, he was appointed head coach of Alianza Lima, a team boasting talented players such as Adolfo Riquelme (goalkeeper), Guillermo Delgado, Adolfo Donayre, Guillermo Barbadillo, Félix Castillo, and Víctor Zegarra. Despite a strong start to the season (five wins in the first seven matches), the team finished mid-table (6th out of 10).[4]
In 1971, he won the Second Division championship with Deportivo SIMA.[5] His last experience as a manager was in 1992, at the age of 80, at the helm of Deportivo Yurimaguas.[6]
Death
He died on April 16, 2009, at his home in the Chaclacayo district of Lima.[7] As a tribute, the Peruvian Football Federation named its football coaching institute after him (cf. external links).