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Hernán Caputto

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Hernán Caputto
Caputto with Universidad de Chile in 2020.
Personal information
Full name Héctor Hernán Caputto Gómez
Date of birth (1974-10-06) October 6, 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth San Andrés de Giles, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Deportes Copiapó (manager)
Youth career
Platense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Platense
1995–1997 Tigre 26 (0)
1997–1999 Provincial Osorno 97 (0)
2000–2003 Unión Española 46 (0)
2001Magallanes (loan)
2004 Deportes Puerto Montt 13 (0)
2004 PSM Makassar 8 (0)
2004–2005 Palestino 39 (0)
2006 Unión San Felipe 14 (0)
2006–2009 Universidad de Chile 11 (0)
2010–2011 Huachipato 3 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Chile U15
2016–2019 Chile U17
2019–2020 Universidad de Chile
2021–2023 Chile U17
2023 Ñublense
2024– Deportes Copiapó
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Hernán Caputto Gómez (born 6 October 1974 in San Andrés de Giles), known as Hernán Caputto, is an Argentine naturalized Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was recently the manager of Deportes Copiapó.

Playing career

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A product of Platense, Caputto has never played in Argentine Primera División. In the Chilean Primera División Caputto has played for Unión Española, Palestino, Deportes Puerto Montt, and Provincial Osorno. In the Chilean Second Division Caputto has played for Magallanes and Unión San Felipe. In the Argentine Second Division he played for Tigre.[1] In addition, he had a brief step with Indonesian club PSM Makassar in 2004.[2]

Before the 2006 Clausura tournament in Chile, Caputto was signed by Universidad de Chile to replace José Carlo Fernández.[3] Caputto was the backup until January 27, 2008, when, after a year and a half on Universidad de Chile, Caputto finally debuted with 2–1 victory over Deportes Concepción in the 2008 Apertura opener.[4] Regular first team goalkeeper Miguel Pinto was in Asia with the Chile national team.

Caputto retired from football in 2011.[5]

Managerial career

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From 2011 to 2012, Caputto worked as the goalkeeping coach of Chile at youth levels[1] and as the coach of Chile at under-15 level between 2013 and 2015, winning the friendly 2015 Aspire Tri-Series International Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[6] In 2016 he assumed as the coach of Chile U17, getting qualification to two World Cup editions: 2017 and 2019.[7]

After Alfredo Arias was released from Universidad de Chile, in 2019 he assumed as the coach for the first team until November 2020.[8]

In the second half of 2023, he led Ñublense.[9]

Personal life

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Caputto naturalized Chilean by residence.[3]

His son, Franco, is a footballer from the Barnechea youth ranks.[10]

Honours

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Player

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Universidad de Chile

Manager

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Chile U15
  • Aspire Tri-Series International Tournament: 2015

References

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  1. ^ a b Hernán Caputto on LinkedIn
  2. ^ Nacionalizado Chileno - Hernán Caputto en PSM Makassar
  3. ^ a b "Hernán Caputto se suma a las filas de la "U"". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 3 August 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. ^ "La U ganó en la hora a Deportes Concepción". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  5. ^ González, Christian (28 November 2011). "Hernán Caputto anunció su retiro del fútbol" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  6. ^ "LA SELECCIÓN CHILENA SUB 15 CAMPEONA EN QATAR" (in Spanish). ANFP. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  7. ^ Quijada, Vicente (6 October 2021). "Hernán Caputto: El DT que comandó a la Sub 17 de 2019". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  8. ^ Fernández, José Tomás (30 October 2020). "Hernán Caputto dejó de ser el técnico de Universidad de Chile" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  9. ^ González, Christian (13 December 2023). "Terremoto en Chillán: Hernán Caputto deja la banca de Ñublense a menos de tres meses de haber asumido". La Tercera (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  10. ^ Gómez, Bastián (17 September 2021). "Paredes, Tudor y Caputto: los juveniles hijos de viejos cracks del fútbol chileno". www.encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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