Héctor Altamirano

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Héctor Altamirano

| image =

| fullname = Héctor Altamirano Escudero

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|3|17}}

| birth_place = Matías Romero, Oaxaca, Mexico

| height = {{height|meters =1.73}}

| currentclub =

| position = Right-back

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 1997–1998

| years2 = 1998–2005

| years3 = 2005–2006

| years4 = 2006–2007

| years5 = 2007–2008

| years6 = 2008–2009

| years7 = 2009

| years8 = 2010–2011

| years9 = 2012

| clubs1 = Cruz Azul

| clubs2 = Santos Laguna

| clubs3 = San Luis Potosí

| clubs4 = Morelia

| clubs5 = Tecos

| clubs6 = Correcaminos

| clubs7 = Veracruz

| clubs8 = Querétaro

| clubs9 = Cruz Azul Hidalgo

| caps1 = 6

| caps2 = 237

| caps3 = 29

| caps4 = 20

| caps5 = 15

| caps6 = 27

| caps7 = 10

| caps8 = 40

| caps9 = 10

| goals1 = 1

| goals2 = 37

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 5

| goals7 = 1

| goals8 = 5

| goals9 = 2

| manageryears1 = 2014–2016

| managerclubs1 = Querétaro U-17

| manageryears2 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs2 = Querétaro Premier

| manageryears3 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs3 = Querétaro (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 2018

| managerclubs4 = Cimarrones de Sonora

| manageryears5 = 2019

| managerclubs5 = Costa Rica (Assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs6 = Celaya

| manageryears7 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs7 = Querétaro

| manageryears8 = 2022

| managerclubs8 = UAT

| manageryears9 = 2023

| managerclubs9 = Cafetaleros de Chiapas

| manageryears10= 2024

| managerclubs10 = Herediano

| manageryears11 = 2025

| managerclubs11 = Guadalajara (Assistant)

| nationalyears1 = 1999–2005

| nationalteam1 = Mexico

| nationalcaps1 = 18

| nationalgoals1 = 4

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{MEX}} }}

}}

Héctor "Pity" Altamirano Escudero (born 17 March 1977) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a right-back.{{cite web |title=Querétaro presentó a Héctor Altamirano como su nuevo director técnico |url=https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/7651607/hector-altamirano-queretaro-nuevo-entrenador-anuncio |website=ESPN México |access-date=27 October 2020 |language=es |date=27 October 2020}} He was most recently the manager of Herediano.

Club career

Altamirano made his debut in the Primera División in the 1997 Winter season with Cruz Azul after coming up through their youth ranks. However, after a less than satisfactory year with only six appearances, he transferred to Santos Laguna. Since joining Santos, Altamirano has become a constant danger on the team's right flank, and in his six years with the club, he has started 212 games and scored 36 goals. After his successful spell with Santos Laguna, the Mexican footballer was sold to newly ascended San Luis during the summer 2005 transfer window, or the "Draft", as it is commonly known in Mexico. After a successful year at San Luis in which Altamirano helped the club reach a league final, Altamirano joined CA Monarcas Morelia during the summer of 2006. With no big success he was then transferred to Tecos.

Altamirano joined Correcaminos for the Apertura 2008–09 season.

More recently, he is venturing into new business enterprises outside of professional football. He announced on April 6, 2016, in an interview with Reforma that he is opening a mid-size fish aquarium in San Luis, a city he represented as a player. His aquarium hosts mostly sea fish and mammals, including white sharks and orcas.

International career

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/4359/Hector_Altamirano.html|title=Altamirano, Héctor|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=19 January 2017}}

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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1.	27 June 2004	Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes City, Mexico	{{fb\|DMA}}	align=center \| 8–0	align=center \| 8–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	13 July 2004	Estadio Miguel Grau, Piura, Peru	{{fb\|ECU}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 2–1	2004 Copa América
3.	13 November 2004	Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	{{fb\|SKN}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 5–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	17 November 2004	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico	{{fb\|SKN}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 8–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification