Full name Victor Hugo Castaneda Role Football player Years Team Height 1.71 m | Name Victor Castaneda | |
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Date of birth (1962-06-21) June 21, 1962 (age 53) Current team Universidad de Concepcion (manager) Similar People Cristian Castaneda, Luis Musrri, Ronald Fuentes, Clarence Acuna | ||
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Víctor Hugo Castañeda (born June 21, 1962) is a Chilean football former footballer and current manager.
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Player
Castañeda was born in San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, and played for Palestino most of his career. He joined Universidad de Chile in 1992, and obtained 2 National Titles (1994 and 1995).
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 Deportes La Serena. That year, in the 2005 Clausura, the team got to the semifinals after winning 4-1 in penalties to Colo Colo, but then, lost to Universidad Católica. After a narrowness the later years, La Serena finished second in the regular phase of the 2009 Clausura, the best place ever in the history of the team. La Serena reached semifinals that tournament.
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 Everton, a team from the Chilean Primera División B. On November 26, 2012, Everton was promoted to Chilean Primera División.
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