Héctor Tapia

For the Mexican footballer, see Héctor Tapia (Mexican footballer).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tapia and the second or maternal family name is Urdile.

Héctor Tapia
Personal information
Full name Héctor Santiago Tapia Urdile
Date of birth (1977-09-30) 30 September 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Colo-Colo 82 (32)
1999 Universidad Católica 15 (9)
1999–2000 Perugia 4 (0)
2001 Colo-Colo 27 (24)
2002 Palestino 26 (24)
2003–2004 Lille 37 (5)
2004 Cruzeiro 22 (4)
2005 Colo-Colo 30 (16)
2006 Unión Española 22 (0)
2006 FC Thun 10 (2)
2007 Palestino 14 (8)
2007–2008 Universidad Católica 32 (14)
2009 Palestino 31 (8)
International career
1993 Chile U17
1995 Chile U20
1997–2004 Chile 14 (3)
2000 Chile U23
Managerial career
2012 Colo-Colo B
2013 Colo-Colo (assistant)
2013–2015 Colo-Colo
2016 Everton
2018 Colo-Colo
2019 Real Garcilaso
2020–2021 Deportes Antofagasta
2021 Coquimbo Unido
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Santiago Tapia Urdile (born 30 September 1977), also known as Tito Tapia, is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Club career

Tapia has played for Colo Colo, Universidad Católica, Palestino and Unión Española in Chile, Cruzeiro in Brazil, Lille OSC in France, Perugia in Italy and FC Thun in Switzerland.

In 2008 Tapia received an offer from Royal Excelsior Mouscron, but he decided to stay at La Católica.

In 2013 Tapia began his manager career at Colo-Colo.[1]

On 2018 he coached Colo-Colo for the second time in his career.

International career

Tapia debuted for his country in 1997 and has 14 caps and 3 goals.[2]

Career statistics

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 22 March 2000 ??, ??  Honduras 5–2 Win Friendly
2. 25 July 2000 ??, ??  Venezuela 0–2 Win FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 15 January 2001 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata  Bahrain 2–0 Win Friendly

Honours

Player

Colo-Colo

Lille

Cruzeiro

Chile

Chile Olympic

Individual

Manager

Colo-Colo

References

  1. ^ "Tapia rescates Colo-Colo". Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  2. ^ Cruzeiro rescinde contrato de Tapia e confirma permanência de Maldonado