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

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(s) 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

Career

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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

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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

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Unión Española

References

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  1. ^ "FOOTBALL INFANTIL" (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). 8300. Santiago, Chile: 1. 26 August 1940. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b Madariaga, Carlos (9 November 2022). "De Yemo Yávar a Nico Núñez: ¿quiénes jugaron por Unión Española y Magallanes?". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b @HeribertoLlanos (18 December 2019). "Valentín "Gaita" Beperet" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2023 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Llanos Ibarra, Heriberto (9 November 2022). "El desconocido debut de Francisco Nitsche". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  5. ^ Arias, Hugo (August 2008). "La espina de 1950". pasión.y.furia/historia (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Alianza Lima 4 – Universidad Católica 1". Historial Blanquiazul (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Valentín Beperet". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  8. ^ "South American Championship 1953". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  9. ^ Andaur Marín, Rafael (December 2009). Fútbol regional e identidad: el caso del club deportivo Luis Cruz Martínez (1962-1966) (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. pp. 128, 131, 134, 138, 144, 146. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  10. ^ Chomsky (6 August 2018). "Aurelio Vásquez, el Toscano". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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