Héctor Eduardo Chumpitaz Gonzáles (American Spanish: [ˈektoɾ ˈtʃumpitas]; born April 12, 1943, in Cañete) is a former footballer from Peru. Voted one of the greatest defenders of all times, among the 30 best defenders in football history and included within the 100 best players in the history of the Soccer World Cup by FIFA in 2018. He is also a member of the Historic Ideal Team of Copa América by CONMEBOL. In addition to being the seventh South American defender with the highest score in soccer history, after scoring 65 official goals.
Considered by FIFA as one of the best South American defenders of all time, he is also one of the greatest exponents in the history of Peruvian football. He worked in the defense position. He spent most of his career at Universitario de Deportes and Sporting Cristal. He currently has a soccer school named as him, where he is dedicated to training minors.
He was regarded one of the best defenders in the world during the late 60s and early 70s and is considered one of the 4 best South American defenders of all time along with Elías Figueroa, José Nasazzi and Daniel Passarella. With great defensive skills, excellent reading of the game, possession and distribution of the ball and an imposing leader role, he became one of the most legendary figures of Universitario de Deportes, a club with which he achieved 5 times the Peruvian League and was a finalist in the Copa Libertadores in 1972.

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