Julio Tapia

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Julio Tapia
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Full name Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao
Date of birth (1952-09-27) 27 September 1952 (age 70)
Place of birth Nogales, Chile
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Everton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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

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

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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]

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  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.
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  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.
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