Víctor Alfonso Sepúlveda Torres (3 April 1939 – 12 August 2021) was a Chilean professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Víctor Alfonso Sepúlveda Torres[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 12 August 2021 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Viña del Mar, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1964 | Universidad de Chile | ||
| 1966–1967 | Unión Española | ||
| 1968–1970 | Huachipato | ||
| International career | |||
| 1961–1964 | Chile | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974–1975 | The Strongest | ||
| 1976 | Deportes Concepción | ||
| 1977–1978 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 1981 | Rangers | ||
| 1981–1982 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 1983 | Deportes Linares | ||
| 1983–1984 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 1985–1986 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 1986 | Deportes Antofagasta | ||
| 1987 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 1992 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
| 1993–1994 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 1995–1997 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
| 1997–1998 | Unión La Calera | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Born in Santiago,[1] Sepúlveda began his career with Universidad de Chile, scoring 14 goals in 138 games for the club between 1959 and 1964, which included winning three national championships.[2] He later played for Unión Española and Huachipato.[1] He also earned 4 international caps for the Chile national team, scoring a one goal.[1]
Coaching career
In his coaching career, he is better known by managed Unión La Calera on differents steps, having gotten promotion to the Chilean Primera División after winning the 1984 Segunda División de Chile.[3] In addition, he coached Deportes Concepción, Deportes La Serena,[4] Deportes Linares, Rangers,[5] Deportes Antofagasta and Deportes Puerto Montt in Chile[6] and The Strongest in Bolivia.[7]
Personal life
He was nicknamed Chepo.[6]
He was the cousin of the also Chile international footballer, Nelson Torres. In addition, his cousins Jorge Torres, older brother of Nelson, and José Failla Torres were professional footballers: Jorge played for Universidad de Chile and Palestino and José played for Ferrobádminton [es]. Another cousins played football at different levels: Hugo and Rodi Torres, younger brothers of Nelson, and Sergio Torres.[8]
Since 1999 he made his home in Nogales, Chile, spending time as a football commentator for the local radio Radio La Calera.[6][5] He died in a nursing home in Viña del Mar from heart failure, aged 82.[2]