Ramón Tapia
Personal information
Full name Ramón Antonio Tapia Allende
Date of birth (1972-12-25) 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)
1998–1999 Deportes Concepción 32 (6)
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

Ramón Antonio Tapia Allende (born 25 December 1972) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile 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]

He ended his career playing for the American club New Jersey Stallions in the USL Pro Select League (2003) and the USL PDL (2004).[17][18][19] In the club, he coincided with his former teammate in Unión Española, Marcelo Fracchia.[20]

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),[21][22] like a well-known red-haired person in his homeland for surviving the 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami.[23]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ramón TAPIA". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Campeonato Nacional 1993 Segunda División". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Segunda División 1993". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  4. ↑ (Plaza TV) Recuerdo de un Golazo de Ramón "Colorado" Tapia en Santiago Wanderers on Facebook (in Spanish). 28 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Audax Italiano 1994 - Segunda Division". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Las historias más recordadas de Deportes Santa Cruz". ANFP (in Spanish). 25 May 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Club Deportivo UNIÓN ESPAÑOLA". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 23 August 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Unión Española: La vida entre la Copa Libertadores y la B". Pelotudos.cl (in Spanish). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Unión Española". www.oocities.org (in Spanish). 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  11. 1 2 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.
  12. ↑ "Club Social y de DEPORTES CONCEPCIÓN". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 28 March 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "PLANTEL 2000". Todos Toros!! (in Spanish). 27 January 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Colo Colo derrumbó las ilusiones de Rangers". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 18 March 2001. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  15. ↑ "6 - 0 vs Rangers de Talca (Chile)". Atilio Software (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  16. ↑ Pérez, Carlos (3 August 2022). "La última Copa CONMEBOL 1999, un adiós silencioso". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  17. ↑ Grady, J. Thomas (22 June 2003). "Hammers strike a tie". Wilmington Star-News. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Long Island Rough Riders defeat NJ Stallions 2-1". OurSports Central. 23 May 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Flames cruise to easy win over Stallions". OurSports Central. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  20. ↑ Lodes, Kirk J. (2008). The American Soccer Guide. p. 1151. ISBN 9781930852099.
  21. ↑ Venegas, Cristián (March 2016). Fuera de juego: Breves crónicas del fútbol chileno. Editorial Forja. ISBN 9789563382297.
  22. ↑ "¡Kike Acuña y Roxy se casaron para callados!". La Cuarta (in Spanish). 1 February 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  23. ↑ 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.
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