Hernán Humberto Godoy Véliz (born 14 May 1941), better known by his nickname ''Clavito'' Godoy, is a Chilean

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and former footballer.

Career

A product of

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 ...

youth system, he made his debut at the age of 16. The matches against the traditional opponent,

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded August 30, 1958 and will play in the Chilean Primera División on 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso ...

, are well remembered, especially duels versus Arturo ''Canilla'' Díaz and Alfonso ''Pocho'' Morales. In Chile he also played for

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

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 ...

Audax Italiano Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Campeonato Nacional and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four t ...

, Magallanes and Trasandino. Abroad he played for

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, are a football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. The most popular and successful footba ...

in Guatemala,

Motagua The Motagua River () is a river in Guatemala. It rises in the western highlands of Guatemala where it is also called Río Grande, and runs in an easterly direction to the Gulf of Honduras. The final few kilometres of the river form part of the ...

in Honduras, Alianza in El Salvador and

Unión Magdalena Unión Magdalena () commonly known as El Unión, and nicknamed as El Ciclón Bananero (The Banana Cyclone) and also Los Samarios (The Samarios), is a Colombian football club from the city of Santa Marta, capital of the department of Magdalena, ...

in Colombia. He made coaching courses in both Italy and France, becoming a prolific football manager who is Chilean who has coached more teams in his career with 25 different clubs in 5 countries: Chile, the United States, Guatemala, Vietnam and Indonesia. In addition he has worked as an assistant coach in

(1974), General Manager in

San Antonio Unido Club Social y Deportivo San Antonio Unido, usually referred to as SAU is a football club located in the port city of San Antonio, Chile, situated in the Valparaíso Region. It was founded on July 21, 1961. Its football team currently plays in Seg ...

(2009) and sports advisor in

Independiente de Cauquenes Club de Deportes Independiente de Cauquenes is a Chilean Football club, their home town is Cauquenes, Chile. They currently play in the third level of Chilean football, the Segunda División de Chile. The club were founded on ''March 4, 1929' ...

(2012). On 1 August 2018, he joined

San Marcos de Arica Club Deportivo San Marcos de Arica, also known as San Marcos, is a Chilean professional football club based in Arica, that is a current member of the Segunda División. The club was founded on February 14, 1978. Between 1978 and 2005, the club wa ...

. As a football manager, he is well known by using a whiteboard to make the tactics.

Personal life

He is well known by his nickname ''Clavito'' (Little Nail). He and his wife, Juana Paredes, have four children, three daughters and a son. He has published two books: "La pizarra de Clavito" (The Little Nail's whiteboard) and "Un Clavo saca otro clavo" (A Nail removes another nail). His grandsons, Emanuel López and Alejandro Muñoz, are professional footballers who made their professional debuts playing for

Santiago Morning Club de Deportes Santiago Morning (popularly known as Chaguito Morning or Morning) is a Chilean professional football club based in Recoleta, Santiago. They compete in the Primera B. Santiago Morning was one of Primera División de Chile found ...

in 2017, when Godoy was the manager.

Honors

Club

;Comunicaciones F.C. *

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala ''Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala'' (National Football League of Guatemala), formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" (Major League "A") is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the ''Feder ...

(1): 1968–69

Individual

* Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala Top Scorer (1): 1968–69

References

External links

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