Valentín Beperet | |
Fullname: | Valentín Antonio Beperet Madariaga |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1926 |
Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Position: | Left-back |
Youthclubs1: | Magallanes |
Years1: | 1945–1946 |
Clubs1: | Magallanes |
Years2: | 1947–1957 |
Clubs2: | Unión Española |
Years3: | 1954 |
Clubs3: | → Universidad Católica (loan) |
Nationalteam1: | Chile |
Nationalyears1: | 1953 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1964 |
Manageryears2: | 1965 |
Managerclubs2: | Iberia-Puente Alto |
Manageryears3: | 1966 |
Valentín Antonio Beperet Madariaga (18 December 1926 - 21 February 1989) was a Chilean footballer who played as a left-back.
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 and Iberia-Puente Alto in the Chilean second division.[9]
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 (Little Tuscan), who performed a goalkeeper in the 1948 film (Rag ball) what they had seen.[10]
Unión Española