Iván Sopegno

Iván Sopegno
Personal information
Full name Iván Franco Sopegno
Date of birth (1963-09-25) 25 September 1963
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Comunicaciones (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1988 Rosario Central
1989 Cienciano
1990 Deportivo Municipal
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 Cremas B
2024 Comunicaciones
2024 Guastatoya
2025– Comunicaciones
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iván Franco Sopegno (born 25 September 1963) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Liga Guate club Comunicaciones.

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.[1]

On 1 October 2025, after a string of poor results under Roberto Hernández, Comunicaciones announced Sopegno as the new head coach for the club.[2]

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.
  2. ^ "OFICIAL:Comunicaciones confirma a Iván Franco Sopegno". Guatefutbol.com. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.