Iván Sopegno | |
Fullname: | Iván Franco Sopegno |
Birth Date: | 1963 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Rosario, Argentina |
Currentclub: | Guastatoya (Manager) |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1983–1988 |
Years2: | 1989 |
Years3: | 1990 |
Years4: | 1991–1995 |
Years5: | 1995–1996 |
Years6: | 1996–1997 |
Years7: | 1998 |
Clubs1: | Rosario Central |
Clubs2: | Cienciano de Cuzco |
Clubs3: | Municipal de Lima |
Clubs4: | Municipal |
Clubs5: | Galcasa |
Clubs6: | Izabal JC |
Clubs7: | Argentino de Rosario |
Manageryears1: | 2013-2014 |
Manageryears2: | 2014–2015 |
Manageryears3: | 2016–2017 |
Manageryears4: | 2020 |
Manageryears5: | 2024 |
Manageryears6: | 2024- |
Managerclubs1: | Comunicaciones |
Managerclubs2: | Guatemala |
Managerclubs3: | Comunicaciones |
Managerclubs4: | Comunicaciones B |
Managerclubs5: | Comunicaciones |
Managerclubs6: | Guastatoya |
Iván Franco Sopegno (born 25 September 1963 in Rosario Central) is an Argentine football manager and former player. He is the current manager for Liga Nacional club Guastatoya.
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.
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. https://web.archive.org/web/20140525020659/http://deportes.starmedia.com/futbol/nuevo-entrenador-seleccion-guatemala-ivan-franco-sopegno.html
In December 2023 it was announced that Sopegno had been hired as manager of Comunicaciones FC.[1]