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

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, 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 football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile currently participating in the Primera División de Chile. History Foundation, Amateur Era and First seasons ...

and

Huachipato Huachipato FC is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that currently plays in the Chilean Primera División. Huachipato was founded on 7 June 1947 by workers of the homonymous steel mill in Talcahuano, and it currently plays its home g ...

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

Coaching career

In his coaching career, he is for managing

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in different leagues, having been promoted to the

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after winning the 1984 Segunda División de Chile. 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 second division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are play ...

, Deportes Linares,

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and Deportes Puerto Montt 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

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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 football commentator 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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