_(cropped).jpg) Tapia withPeru in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Renato Fabrizio Tapia Cortijo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1995-07-28)28 July 1995 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder,centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Leganés | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Sporting Cristal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2013 | Esther Grande | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | FC Twente (loan) | 39 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Twente | 31 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Feyenoord | 45 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | →Willem II (loan) | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Celta | 110 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Leganés | 24 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Peru U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Peru U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Peru | 89 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 16 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:19, 26 March 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Renato Fabrizio Tapia Cortijo (born 28 July 1995) is a Peruvian professionalfootballer who plays as adefensive midfielder orcentre-back forLa Liga clubLeganés and thePeru national team.[3]
Born inLima, Peru, Tapia started his football career atSporting Cristal's youth team before joiningEsther Grande academy at twelve years old,[3] where he quickly established himself as a youth player. While at the Esther Grande academy, he helped the academy win the Copa Federación with the 1995 category, also winning the Best Player in the 'Night of Stars' awards.[4] His progression at Esther Grande academy attracted interest fromPremier League sidesLiverpool andTottenham Hotspur.[3] Tapia revealed that he almost joined Liverpool, but was rejected, due to his height.[5]
In the summer transfer of 2013, Tapia moved to Europe for the first time in his career, signing a four-year contract withEredivisie sideTwente.[6] Immediately after joining the club, he was sent to theJong FC Twente, the club's reserves, to develop.[7][8][9][10]
Tapia made his Jong FC Twente debut in a 3–3 draw againstDe Graafschap on 20 September 2013, coming on as a substitute in the second half forRobbert Schilder.[11] Two weeks later, on 4 October 2013, he was an unused substitute in the first team's match againstCambuur[12] Tapia continued to develop at Jong FC Twente and scored his first goal on 22 November 2013, in a 2–1 win overWillem II.[13] He went on to make 19 appearances, scoring once for Twente's reserves in the 2013–14 season.
Following a season at Jong FC Twente, Tapia was promoted to the first team atTwente.[14] He made his first-team debut at Twente in the opening game of the season, a 0–0 draw against Cambuur, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute forDarryl Lachman.[15] A week later he suffered an ankle injury that kept him out for three months.[16] He made his return to the first team as a late substitute in a 2–1 win overPEC Zwolle on 23 November 2014.[17] In a match against Willem II on 21 December 2014, Tapia was sent-off, just 8 minutes after coming on as a substitute, for a foul onSamuel Armenteros.[18] Following a one match suspension,[19] he scored his first goal for the club on 31 January 2015, in a 2–1 win over Cambuur.[20] He later scored four more goals later in the season against PEC Zwolle,[21]Groningen[22] and a brace againstGo Ahead Eagles.[23] His season ended when he suffered a knee injury and finished the season making 22 appearances and scoring five times in all competitions.[24]
Shortly after the end of the 2014–15 season, Tapia underwent surgery on his knee and it was expected that he would be sidelined for the start of the 2015–16 season, costing his place in the Perú squad for the2015 Copa América.[25] But in mid-July, he made a recovery from a knee injury after training with the first team.[26] He then scored in the opening game of the season, in a 1–1 draw against Groningen.[27] He again suffered a knee injury and was substituted in the second half as a result.[28] Having recovered he appeared in a number of appearance, playing the first five matches of the season, before suffering a knee injury against Ajax on 12 September 2015.[29] He suffered a knee injury in early November and missed one Twente match, but recovered in time for his international duty.[30][31] By the end of the first half of the season, Tapia had made 14 appearances and scored once in all competitions.
In December 2015,Feyenoord confirmed their interest in signing Tapia after learning about FC Twente's financial situation and he was reported among three players at Twente to be sold.[32] The transfer was finalised on 27 January 2016, for a reported transfer fee of €2.4 million. After three years at FC Twente, Tapia signed a 4.5-year contract withFeyenoord.[33]
Tapia made his Feyenoord debut in arivalry match againstAjax on 7 February 2016, starting in a 2–1 loss.[34] His first team opportunities was restricted to three appearances and being an unused substitute. Instead, he played in the reserve for most of the season.[35] He later stated that in order to earn a first team chance, he needed to improve by acting faster and simpler to suit the club's tactics.[36]
Ahead of the 2016–17 season, Tapia hoped he could establish himself in the first team.[35] He continued to be in the substitutes.[37] On 22 September 2016, he made his first appearance in the second round of KNVB Cup, playing 7 minutes after coming on as a substitute in a 4–1 win overOss.[38] On 2 October 2016, he scored in his first league appearance of the season, just 13 minutes after coming on as a substitute, in a 2–0 win over Willem II.[39]
On 20 July 2020,La Liga sideCelta de Vigo announced the free signing of Tapia under a four-year contract. He scored his first goal against Al Nassar in which it resulted in a victory for Celta Vigo 5-0.
On 15 August 2024, Tapia remained in the Spanish top tier after signing a two-year deal withLeganés.[40]
Tapia was selected by thePeru U17 for theSouth American Under-17 Football Championship[4] and by thePeru U20 for theSouth American Youth Football Championship.[4]
In March 2015, Tapia was called up by thePeru's senior team for the first time.[41] He made his debut on 1 April 2015, in a 2–2 draw againstVenezuela.[42] He was expected to be in theCopa América for the Peru squad, but an injury prevented him from doing so.[25] Despite this, he was included in thesquad for theCopa América Centenario and played all of the four matches in the campaign.[43] Tapia scored his first Peru goal on 7 September 2016, in a 2–1 win overEcuador.[44]
In May 2018, he was named in Peru's provisional 24 mansquad for the2018 World Cup inRussia.[45]
Tapia is of African and Quechua origin and alongside teammateEdison Flores, campaigned to promote and protect theQuechua people during the2018 FIFA World Cup.[46]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Twente | 2013–14 | Eerste Divisie | 19 | 1 | – | – | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 1 | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Twente | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| 2015–16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | ||
| Feyenoord | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 45 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 69 | 2 | ||
| Willem II (loan) | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 19 | 1 | |
| Celta Vigo | 2020–21 | La Liga | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 110 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 120 | 0 | |||
| Leganés | 2024–25 | La Liga | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 27 | 1 | |
| Career total | 247 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 290 | 11 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 2015 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 14 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 89 | 5 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 September 2016 | Estadio Nacional de Lima,Lima, Peru |  Ecuador | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 13 June 2017 | Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi,Arequipa, Peru |  Jamaica | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 27 March 2018 | Red Bull Arena,Harrison, United States |  Iceland | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 4 | 13 October 2020 | Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru |  Brazil | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 2 September 2021 | Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru |  Uruguay | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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