Víctor Alfonso Sepúlveda Torres (3 April 1939 – 12 August 2021) was a Chilean professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Sepúlveda began his career with

Universidad de Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

, scoring 14 goals in 138 games for the club between 1959 and 1964, which included winning three national championships. He later played for

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional association football, football club based in the Independencia, Chile, Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile. They currently participate in the Chilean Primera Division, Primera D ...

and

Huachipato Club Deportivo Huachipato is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that is a current member of the Chilean Primera División. The club was founded 7 June 1947 and plays its home games at the Estadio CAP, which has a capacity of 10,500 ...

. He also earned 4 international caps for the Chile national team, scoring a one goal.

Coaching career

In his coaching career, he is better known by managed

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera and competes the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor'', ''Calera Come ...

on differents steps, having gotten promotion to the

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after winning the

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. In addition, he coached Deportes Concepción,

Deportes La Serena Club de Deportes La Serena S.A.D.P., is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region. The club was founded 9 December 1955 and plays in the first division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are played ...

Deportes Linares Deportes Linares is a Chilean Football club, their home town is Linares in Chile and play in the 3rd tier of Chilean football, the Segunda División. The club was founded on November 19, 1955 as ''Lister Rossel'' (a famous local pediatrician and ...

, Rangers,

Deportes Antofagasta Deportes Antofagasta is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta currently playing in the Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178. History The ...

and

Deportes Puerto Montt Club Deportes Puerto Montt is a Chilean football club based in the city of Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region. The club was founded on May 6, 1983, and currently plays in the Primera B de Chile, the second division of the country. Their home games a ...

in Chile and

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in Bolivia.

Personal life

He was nicknamed ''Chepo''. 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

and

Palestino Club Deportivo Palestino is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile. They play their home games at the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna stadium ...

and José played for . Another cousins played football at different levels: Hugo and Rodi Torres, younger brothers of Nelson, and Sergio Torres. Since 1999 he made his home in

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, spending time as a

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for the local radio ''Radio La Calera''. He died in a nursing home in

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from heart failure, aged 82.

References

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