Ramón Antonio Tapia Allende (born 25 December 1972) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile, Mexico and the United States.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ramón Antonio Tapia Allende | ||
| Date of birth | 25 December 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Linares, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universidad de Chile | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992 | Universidad de Chile | 0 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Santiago Wanderers | (1) | |
| 1994 | Deportes Ovalle | ||
| 1994 | Audax Italiano | 2 | (0) |
| 1995 | Unión Santa Cruz | 14 | (1) |
| 1995–1997 | Unión Española | 62 | (13) |
| 1998 | Deportes Concepción | 5 | (4) |
| 1998 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | ||
| 1999 | Deportes Concepción | 27 | (2) |
| 2000 | Provincial Osorno | 22 | (1) |
| 2001 | Rangers | 27 | (7) |
| 2002 | Magallanes | 25 | (16) |
| 2003–2004 | New Jersey Stallions | 22 | (11) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Linares, Chile, Tapia is a product of the Universidad de Chile youth system.[1] After having no chances to play for them at league level, he joined Santiago Wanderers in the Chilean Segunda División in 1993.[2][3][4]
In the second level, he also played for Deportes Ovalle,[1] Audax Italiano,[5] Unión Santa Cruz[6] and Magallanes.[7]
In the Chilean Primera División, he played for Unión Española,[8][9][10][11] Deportes Concepción,[12] Provincial Osorno[13] and Rangers de Talca.[14][15] As a member of Deportes Concepción, he took part in the 1999 Copa CONMEBOL, the last edition.[16]
Abroad, he had a stint with Mexican club Cruz Azul Hidalgo in 1998 alongside Cristián Montecinos, his teammate in Deportes Concepción.[17] He ended his career playing for the American club New Jersey Stallions in the USL Pro Select League (2003) and the USL PDL (2004).[18][19][20] In the club, he coincided with his former teammate in Unión Española, Marcelo Fracchia.[21]
Personal life
editTapia is nicknamed Colorado (Red-colored) due to his hair color.[1][11]
He has worked as a public relations representative of pubs, being known by the nickname Zafrada, a distortion of "frazada" (blanket),[22][23] like a well-known red-haired person in his homeland for surviving the 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami.[24]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ramón TAPIA". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Campeonato Nacional 1993 Segunda División". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Segunda División 1993". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ (Plaza TV) Recuerdo de un Golazo de Ramón "Colorado" Tapia en Santiago Wanderers on Facebook (in Spanish). 28 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Audax Italiano 1994 - Segunda Division". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Las historias más recordadas de Deportes Santa Cruz". ANFP (in Spanish). 25 May 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "MAGALLANES - LA SERENA / DESPUÉS DE 10 TEMPORADAS LOS GRANATES VUELVEN A JUGAR POR LA "B"". LO QUE SE VIENE GOL (in Spanish). 6 February 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Club Deportivo UNIÓN ESPAÑOLA". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 23 August 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Unión Española: La vida entre la Copa Libertadores y la B". Pelotudos.cl (in Spanish). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Unión Española". www.oocities.org (in Spanish). 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ a b Herrera, Claudio (3 November 2015). "EyN: "En mis tiempos, a Jara lo estaría esperando, y algún merecido le daba"". www.economiaynegocios.cl (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Club Social y de DEPORTES CONCEPCIÓN". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 28 March 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "PLANTEL 2000". Todos Toros!! (in Spanish). 27 January 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Colo Colo derrumbó las ilusiones de Rangers". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 18 March 2001. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "6 - 0 vs Rangers de Talca (Chile)". Atilio Software (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Pérez, Carlos (3 August 2022). "La última Copa CONMEBOL 1999, un adiós silencioso". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Otoño de 1998: Cuando a Concepción le salió todo". facebook.com (in Spanish). Pelotudos Chile. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Grady, J. Thomas (22 June 2003). "Hammers strike a tie". Wilmington Star-News. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Long Island Rough Riders defeat NJ Stallions 2-1". OurSports Central. 23 May 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Flames cruise to easy win over Stallions". OurSports Central. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Lodes, Kirk J. (2008). The American Soccer Guide. p. 1151. ISBN 9781930852099.
- ^ Venegas, Cristián (March 2016). Fuera de juego: Breves crónicas del fútbol chileno. Editorial Forja. ISBN 9789563382297.
- ^ "¡Kike Acuña y Roxy se casaron para callados!". La Cuarta (in Spanish). 1 February 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Díaz, Felipe; Herrera, Javiera (11 March 2010). "El "Zafrada", la conmovedora historia del menor que sobrevivió al tsunami". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2023.
External links
edit- Ramón Tapia at WorldFootball.net
- Ramón Tapia at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)