Héctor Hernán Caputto Gómez (born 6 October 1974 in

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), known as Hernán Caputto, is an

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-born naturalized

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an football manager and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Playing career

A product of Platense, Caputto has never played in

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Caputto has played for

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, and

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. In the Chilean Second Division Caputto has played for Magallanes and

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he played for Tigre. In addition, he had a brief step with Indonesian club

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in 2004. Before the 2006 Clausura tournament in Chile, Caputto was signed by Universidad de Chile to replace José Carlo Fernández. 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. Regular first team goalkeeper

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was in Asia with the Chile national team. Caputto retired from football in 2011.

Managerial career

From 2011 to 2012, Caputto worked as the goalkeeping coach of Chile at youth levels and as the coach of Chile at under-15 level between 2013 and 2015, winning the friendly 2015 Aspire Tri-Series International Tournament in

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, Qatar. In 2016 he assumed as the coach of Chile U17, getting qualification to two World Cup editions:

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. After Alfredo Arias was released from

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, in 2019 he assumed as the coach for the first team until November 2020.

Personal life

Caputto naturalized Chilean by residence. His son, Franco, is a footballer from the Barnechea youth ranks.

Honours

Player

;Universidad de Chile *

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(1): 2009 Apertura

Manager

;Chile U15 * Aspire Tri-Series International Tournament: 2015

References

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Hernán Caputto
at PlaymakerStats {{DEFAULTSORT:Caputto, Hernan 1974 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine footballers Argentine emigrants to Chile Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean footballers Association football goalkeepers Club Atlético Platense footballers Club Atlético Tigre footballers Provincial Osorno footballers Unión Española footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers Magallanes footballers Puerto Montt footballers PSM Makassar players Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Universidad de Chile footballers C.D. Huachipato footballers Primera Nacional players Primera B Metropolitana players Primera B de Chile players Indonesian Premier League players Chilean Primera División players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate footballers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Chilean football managers Universidad de Chile managers Chilean Primera División managers