Carlos Daniel Tapia

Carlos Daniel Tapia
Tapia with the Argentina U20 in 1981
Personal information
Full name Carlos Daniel Tapia
Date of birth (1962-08-20) 20 August 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1985 River Plate 105 (14)
1985–1987 Boca Juniors 77 (35)
1987–1988 Brest 15 (1)
1988–1989 Boca Juniors 10 (5)
1989–1990 Mandiyú 16 (0)
1990–1991 Boca Juniors 33 (2)
1991–1992 AC Lugano 12 (0)
1992 Universidad de Chile 8 (3)
1992–1994 Boca Juniors 28 (0)
Total 304 (60)
International career
1981 Argentina U20 1 (0)
1980–1988 Argentina 10 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1986 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Daniel Tapia (born 20 August 1962 in San Miguel, Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Career

Tapia started playing professional football for Argentine club River Plate in 1981, when then coach Alfredo Di Stéfano named him for the first team, replacing football legend Norberto Alonso.

In 1985, he would move to River's hated rivals Boca Juniors. He was a member of the Argentine squad that won the 1986 World Cup, though he played only a few minutes during the tournament. He replaced Jorge Burruchaga in the match against England and hit the post with his shot.[1] He is one of the two Boca players to win the title, the other being Julio Olarticoechea.

Tapia is the only player in the history of Boca Juniors to have had four distinct spells with the club, in his last spell with Boca he helped them to win the Apertura 1992 championship, their first league title in 11 years and the Copa Oro in 1993. He played a total of 217 games for Boca in all competitions, scoring 46 goals.

Honours

River Plate

Boca Juniors

Argentina

References

  1. ^ David Lacey (22 June 1986). "Hand of god strikes". The Guardian.

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