Julio Tapia

Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao (born 27 September 1952) is a Chilean former footballer who played for clubs in Chile and Honduras.

Julio Tapia
Personal information
Full name Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao
Date of birth (1952-09-27) 27 September 1952
Place of birth Nogales, Chile
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971 Everton 1 (0)
1973–1974 Unión La Calera 26 (8)
1975 Regional Antofagasta 17 (3)
1976–1981 Real España 69 (17)
1981–1982 Atlético Morazán 22 (6)
1982–1983 Marathón 12 (2)
1983 Atlético Independiente
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Nogales, Chile, Tapia is a product of Everton de Viña del Mar youth system[1] and made one appearance in the 1971 season for them[2] before joining military service for a year.[1] Then, he returned to play football for Unión La Calera[3][4] and Regional Antofagasta[5] in his homeland. As a member of Unión La Calera, he scored a goal in the first win in the history of the club against Colo-Colo on 24 January 1974.[6]

In 1976, he moved to Honduras alongside his fellow Andrés Soto Araya thanks to the coach Carlos Padilla and joined Real España, with whom he spent five seasons until 1981, becoming a historical player of the club.[7] In addition to Soto Araya, he also coincided with his compatriot Rubén Rodríguez-Peña when the club became three-times champion in the 1976–77 season.[8][9][10] He also scored a goal in the historical hammering by 5–0 against Pumas UNAH on 30 October 1977.[11] He won a second league title in the 1980–81 season.[12]

In Honduras, he also played for Atlético Morazán,[13] Marathón and Atlético Independiente, his last club in 1983.[1]

Personal life

Despite his short stature, he was nicknamed Camión (Truck) due to his strength, an alias that was given him when he was a player of Unión La Calera.[1]

He made his home in El Higuero village from Choloma and owns a balcony factory.[1]

His parents were Emilia Callao and Julio del Tránsito Tapia. Along wis wife, Ana Margarita Pacheco, he has four children.[1]

References
  1. ""Mi mejor gol se lo anoté..."". www.laprensa.hn (in Spanish). La Prensa (Honduras). 8 July 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. "Everton 1971 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. "CAPÍTULO 12". Historia de Unión La Calera (in Spanish). 20 July 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  4. "UNIÓN LA CALERA 3:1 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1973". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  5. "REGIONAL ANTOFAGASTA 5:4 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1975". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  6. Navarrete, Luis (29 August 2022). "Colo Colo pierde en el tiempo adicional tras dos años y medio" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  7. Gómez, Bayron (14 July 2019). "¡En su aniversario! Este es el 11 histórico del Real España, según Jaime Villegas". www.diez.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  8. López Lutz, Elmer (26 May 2020). "Bicampeonatos, tricampeonatos, tetracampeonatos y pentacampeonatos en la historia de los 93 torneos oficiales en Honduras". www.diez.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  9. GG (12 December 2020). "44 años del único tricampeón de torneos largos en el fútbol hondureño". www.diariomas.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  10. (Revista Al Marco) Rubén Rodríguez Peña, Estanislao Ortega, Julio Cey Arzú y Jaime Villegas, Julio del Carmen Tapia, Ernesto Ramírez, José Edelmim Castro y Manuel Soto Araya,tres Chilenos en la alineación del España Tri- Campeón. on Facebook (in Spanish). 4 July 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  11. "UN DÍA COMO HOY" (PDF). La Tribuna (in Spanish). Honduras. 19755: 32. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  12. Aguilar, Marco (7 July 2010). "Real España ficha a defensa chileno". www.diez.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  13. (Ligas Nacionales de Honduras Historias) HISTORIA CLUB ATLETICO MORAZAN/JUVENTUD MORAZANICA on Facebook (in Spanish). 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2023.


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