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.
![]() Caputto with Universidad de Chile in 2020. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Héctor Hernán Caputto Gómez | ||
Date of birth | October 6, 1974 | ||
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) |
2001 | → Magallanes (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 |
Playing career
editA 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
editFrom 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]
Personal life
editCaputto naturalized Chilean by residence.[3]
His son, Franco, is a footballer from the Barnechea youth ranks.[10]
Honours
editPlayer
edit- Universidad de Chile
Manager
edit- Chile U15
- Aspire Tri-Series International Tournament: 2015
References
edit- ^ a b Hernán Caputto on LinkedIn
- ^ Nacionalizado Chileno - Hernán Caputto en PSM Makassar
- ^ a b "Hernán Caputto se suma a las filas de la "U"". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 3 August 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "La U ganó en la hora a Deportes Concepción". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ González, Christian (28 November 2011). "Hernán Caputto anunció su retiro del fútbol" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "LA SELECCIÓN CHILENA SUB 15 CAMPEONA EN QATAR" (in Spanish). ANFP. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Hernán Caputto at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Hernán Caputto at Soccerway
- Hernán Caputto at PlaymakerStats