Víctor Hugo Castañeda
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Víctor Hugo Castañeda | ||
Date of birth | July 6, 1962 | ||
Place of birth | San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Palestino | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1986 | Palestino | ||
1987–1988 | Deportes Concepción | ||
1989–1992 | Palestino | ||
1992–1997 | Universidad de Chile | ||
International career | |||
1996–1997 | Chile | 11 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2002–2003 | Universidad de Chile | ||
2005–2010 | Deportes La Serena | ||
2011–2012 | Universidad de Concepción | ||
2012–2013 | Everton | ||
2014–2015 | Coquimbo Unido | ||
2016 | Universidad de Chile | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Víctor Hugo Castañeda (born June 21, 1962) is a Chilean football former footballer and current manager.
Career
Player
Castañeda was born in
He was part of the Chile national football team during the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, but retired before he could play in the World Cup and was invited to be a part of Nelson Acosta's staff during the World Cup.
Manager
In 2002, he was signed as coach of Universidad de Chile, a post that he left in 2003 after irregular campaigns. In 2005, Castañeda arrived to
In the last days of April 2011, he was signed as the new coach of Universidad de Concepción, but for less than a year as he was on March 26, 2012 fired due to bad results.
On May 3, 2012, he signed as manager of
Personal life
He belongs to a football family since his father, Hugo, and his uncles Víctor, Rolando and Gerardo [es], were professional footballers. He also played alongside his younger brother, Cristián, for Palestino, Universidad de Chile and the Chile national team.[3] In addition, his cousins Marco and Roly were with the Palestino youth ranks, as well as his uncle Manuel, who was with the reserve team.[4]
In 2021, he was a candidate for both Alcalde of La Serena[5] and deputy for the Coquimbo Region, supported by UDI,[6] but he wasn't elected.
Honours
Player
Club
- Universidad de Chile
- 1995
References
- ^ [1](in Spanish)
- ^ http://www.emol.com/especiales/2009/deportes/clausura_2009_primera_a/despliegue_noticias.asp?idnoticia=382609(in Spanish)
- ^ Reyes, Luis (18 July 2017). "Las dinastías del fútbol chileno que jugaron en un mismo club" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ González, Christian (26 May 2014). "La familia Castañeda y el fútbol" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Víctor Hugo Castañeda y Gabriel Mendoza perdieron en las elecciones de alcalde en La Serena y Graneros". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ Ramírez, Daniel (22 November 2021). "Víctor Hugo Castañeda no logró ser electo diputado en elecciones 2021". ADN (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. Retrieved 20 September 2022.