Iván Sopegno

Iván Sopegno

Personal information
Full name	Iván Franco Sopegno
Date of birth	(1963-09-25) 25 September 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1988	Rosario Central
1989	Cienciano de Cuzco
1990	Municipal de Lima
1991–1995	Municipal
1995–1996	Galcasa
1996–1997	Izabal JC
1998	Argentino de Rosario
Managerial career
2013-2014	Comunicaciones
2014–2015	Guatemala
2016–2017	Comunicaciones
2020	Comunicaciones B
2024	Comunicaciones
2024	Guastatoya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iván Franco Sopegno (born 25 September 1963 in Rosario Central) is an Argentine football manager and former player.

Playing career

Sopegno played for a number of clubs in Guatemala including C.S.D. Municipal, Galcasa and Izabal JC.

He also played in Peru for Cienciano de Cuzco and Municipal de Lima.

He started and ended his football in his homeland of Argentina for Rosario Central and Argentinos Juniors respectively.

Managerial career

He has spent the majority of his career coaching clubs in Central America, where he has won multiple league titles, most notably in Guatemala with CSD Comunicaciones (5 titles). His five championships in Guatemala are the third most by any coach behind Rubén Amorín's eight and Horacio Cordero's six.

On 21 May 2014 he was named by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala as the new coach of the Guatemala national team. [1]

In December 2023 it was announced that Sopegno had been hired as manager of Comunicaciones FC.^[1]

References

1. "Oficial: Iván Franco Sopegno es el nuevo técnico de Comunicaciones FC". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). 27 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

External links

• (in Spanish) [2]
• (in Spanish) [3]
• BDFA. "Ficha Estadistica de IVAN SOPEGNO -ivan franco sopegno- (perfil, ficha, profile, stats)". bdfa.com.ar. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
• (in Spanish) [4]