Carlos Daniel Tapia

Carlos Daniel Tapia

Tapia with the Argentina U20 in 1981
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Daniel Tapia
Date of birth	20 August 1962
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)
National team
1981	Argentina U20	1	(0)
1980–1988	Argentina	10	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2007

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 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.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

River Plate

• Metropolitano: 1980

Boca Juniors

• Apertura: 1992
• Copa Oro: 1993

International

Argentina

• FIFA World Cup: 1986

External links

• Carlos Daniel Tapia at BDFA.com.ar (in Spanish)