 Tapia with the Argentina U20 in 1981 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carlos Daniel Tapia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1962-08-20)20 August 1962 (age 63) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Miguel, Buenos Aires,Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1984 | River Plate | 105 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | Boca Juniors | 77 | (35) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Brest | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Boca Juniors | 10 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Deportivo Mandiyú | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Universidad de Chile | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Boca Juniors | 33 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Lugano | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Boca Juniors | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 304 | (60) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Argentina U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1988 | Argentina | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carlos Daniel Tapia (born 20 August 1962 inSan Miguel, Buenos Aires) is a retiredArgentinefootballer who played as anattacking midfielder.
Tapia started playing professional football for Argentine clubRiver Plate in 1981, when then coachAlfredo Di Stéfano named him for the first team, replacing football legendNorberto Alonso.
In 1985, he would move to River's hated rivalsBoca Juniors. He was a member of theArgentine squad that won the1986 World Cup, though he played only a few minutes during the tournament. He replacedJorge Burruchagain the match against England and hit the post with his shot.[2] He is one of the two Boca players to win the title, the other beingJulio 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 win the Apertura 1992 championship, their first league title in 11 years and theCopa Oro in 1993. He played a total of 217 games for Boca in all competitions, scoring 46 goals.
Abroad, Tapia played forBrest in France,Lugano in Switzerland[3] andUniversidad de Chile in Chile.[4]
Tapia retired in 1994.[3]
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