Valentín Beperet

Valentín Antonio Beperet Madariaga (18 December 1926 – 21 February 1989) was a Chilean footballer who played as a left-back.

Career
A left-back, Beperet is a product of Magallanes youth system. At senior level, he played for Magallanes (1945–46) and Unión Española (1947–57). He was a member of the league title in 1951. He also made appearances for Universidad Católica in 1954.

He played in one match for the Chile national football team in 1953. He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1953 South American Championship.

After his retirement, he developed a coaching career, leading clubs such as Club Deportivo Municipal de Santiago and Iberia-Puente Alto in the Chilean second division.

Personal life
He was nicknamed Gaita (Bagpipes).

He had a friendship with the also footballer Aurelio Vásquez, to whom he nicknamed Toscano (Tuscan) like the Argentine actor Toscanito (Little Tuscan), who performed a goalkeeper in the 1948 film Pelota de trapo (Rag ball) what they had seen.

Honours
Unión Española
 * Primera División: 1951