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
Born 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
Tapia 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
External links
- Ramón Tapia at WorldFootball.net
- Ramón Tapia at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)