He made coaching courses in both Italy and France,[4] becoming a prolific football manager who is Chilean who has coached more teams in his career with 25 different clubs[5] in 5 countries: Chile, the United States, Guatemala, Vietnam and Indonesia.[6] In addition he has worked as an assistant coach in Audax Italiano (1974), General Manager in San Antonio Unido (2009) and sports advisor in Independiente de Cauquenes (2012).[3] On 1 August 2018, he joined San Marcos de Arica.[7] As a football manager, he is well known by using a whiteboard to make the tactics.[1]
Personal life
He is well known by his nickname Clavito (Little Nail).[4]
He and his wife, Juana Paredes, have four children, three daughters and a son.[6]
He has published two books: "La pizarra de Clavito" (The Little Nail's whiteboard) and "Un Clavo saca otro clavo" (A Nail removes another nail).[6]
His grandsons, Emanuel López[8] and Alejandro Muñoz,[9] are professional footballers who made their professional debuts playing for Santiago Morning in 2017, when Godoy was the manager.[10]