Valentín Beperet

Chilean footballer (1926-1989) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Valentín Antonio Beperet Madariaga (18 December 1926 21 February 1989) was a Chilean footballer who played as a left-back.

Full name Valentín Antonio Beperet Madariaga
Date of birth (1926-12-18)18 December 1926
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 21 February 1989(1989-02-21) (aged 62)
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Valentín Beperet
Personal information
Full name Valentín Antonio Beperet Madariaga
Date of birth (1926-12-18)18 December 1926
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 21 February 1989(1989-02-21) (aged 62)
Position Left-back
Youth career
Magallanes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1946 Magallanes
1947–1957 Unión Española
1954Universidad Católica (loan)
International career
1953 Chile 1 (0)
Managerial career
1964 Municipal de Santiago [es]
1965 Iberia-Puente Alto
1966 Municipal de Santiago [es]
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Career

A left-back, Beperet is a product of Magallanes youth system.[1] At senior level, he played for Magallanes (1945–46) and Unión Española (1947–57).[2][3] He was a member of the league title in 1951.[4][5] He also made appearances for Universidad Católica in 1954.[6]

He played in one match for the Chile national football team in 1953.[7] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1953 South American Championship.[8]

After his retirement, he developed a coaching career, leading clubs such as Municipal de Santiago [es] and Iberia-Puente Alto in the Chilean second division.[9]

Personal life

He was nicknamed Gaita (Bagpipes).[2][3]

He had a friendship with the also footballer Aurelio Vásquez, to whom he nicknamed Toscano (Tuscan) like the Argentine actor Toscanito [es] (Little Tuscan), who performed a goalkeeper in the 1948 film Pelota de trapo [es] (Rag ball) what they had seen.[10]

Honours

Unión Española

References

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