Ramón Tapia (footballer) explained

Ramón Tapia
Fullname:Ramón Antonio Tapia Allende
Birth Date:25 December 1972
Birth Place:Linares, Chile
Position:Forward
Youthclubs1:Universidad de Chile
Years1:1992
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1993–1994
Goals2:1
Years3:1994
Years4:1994
Caps4:2
Goals4:0
Years5:1995
Caps5:14
Goals5:1
Years6:1995–1997
Caps6:62
Goals6:13
Years7:1998
Caps7:5
Goals7:4
Years8:1998
Years9:1999
Caps9:27
Goals9:2
Years10:2000
Caps10:22
Goals10:1
Years11:2001
Caps11:27
Goals11:7
Years12:2002
Caps12:25
Goals12:16
Years13:2003–2004
Caps13:22
Goals13:11

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.

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ramón TAPIA . Memoria Wanderers . 19 November 2023 . es.
  2. Web site: Campeonato Nacional 1993 Segunda División . eseaene.cl . 19 November 2023 . es.
  3. Web site: Wanderers en Campeonato de Segunda División 1993 . Memoria Wanderers . 19 November 2023 . es.
  4. (Plaza TV) Recuerdo de un Golazo de Ramón "Colorado" Tapia en Santiago Wanderers on Facebook . 28 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  5. Web site: Audax Italiano 1994 - Segunda Division . www.solofutbol.cl . 19 November 2023 . es.
  6. Web site: Las historias más recordadas de Deportes Santa Cruz . . 19 November 2023 . es . 25 May 2020.
  7. Web site: MAGALLANES - LA SERENA / DESPUÉS DE 10 TEMPORADAS LOS GRANATES VUELVEN A JUGAR POR LA "B" . LO QUE SE VIENE GOL . 19 November 2023 . es . 6 February 2013.
  8. Web site: Club Deportivo UNIÓN ESPAÑOLA . Fútbol en América . 19 November 2023 . es . 23 August 2016.
  9. Web site: Unión Española: La vida entre la Copa Libertadores y la B . Pelotudos.cl . 19 November 2023 . es . 18 May 2020.
  10. Web site: Unión Española . www.oocities.org . 19 November 2023 . es . 1998.
  11. Web site: Herrera . Claudio . EyN: "En mis tiempos, a Jara lo estaría esperando, y algún merecido le daba" . www.economiaynegocios.cl . . 19 November 2023 . es . 3 November 2015.
  12. Web site: Club Social y de DEPORTES CONCEPCIÓN . Fútbol en América . 19 November 2023 . es . 28 March 2018.
  13. Web site: PLANTEL 2000 . Todos Toros!! . 19 November 2023 . es . 27 January 2012.
  14. Web site: Colo Colo derrumbó las ilusiones de Rangers . Emol . . 19 November 2023 . es . 18 March 2001.
  15. Web site: 6 - 0 vs Rangers de Talca (Chile) . Atilio Software . 19 November 2023 . es.
  16. Web site: Pérez . Carlos . La última Copa CONMEBOL 1999, un adiós silencioso . Asifuch . 19 November 2023 . es . 3 August 2022.
  17. Web site: Otoño de 1998: Cuando a Concepción le salió todo . facebook.com . Pelotudos Chile . 10 July 2024 . es . 30 May 2020.
  18. Web site: Grady . J. Thomas . Hammers strike a tie . Wilmington Star-News . 19 November 2023 . 22 June 2003.
  19. Web site: Long Island Rough Riders defeat NJ Stallions 2-1 . OurSports Central . 19 November 2023 . 23 May 2004.
  20. Web site: Flames cruise to easy win over Stallions . OurSports Central . 19 November 2023 . 21 June 2004.
  21. Book: Lodes . Kirk J. . The American Soccer Guide . 2008 . 9781930852099 . 1151 .
  22. Book: Venegas . Cristián . Fuera de juego: Breves crónicas del fútbol chileno . March 2016 . 9789563382297 . Editorial Forja.
  23. Web site: ¡Kike Acuña y Roxy se casaron para callados! . . 19 November 2023 . es . 1 February 2012.
  24. Web site: Díaz . Felipe . Herrera . Javiera . El "Zafrada", la conmovedora historia del menor que sobrevivió al tsunami . . 23 November 2023 . es . 11 March 2010.