Luis Ernesto Tapia
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Ernesto Tapia Pérez | ||
Date of birth | October 21, 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1961–1962 | Politécnica FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1963 | Deportivo El Granillo | ||
1963–1970 | Alianza | ||
1969–1970 |
Deportiva Galcasa | ||
1970–1971 | Atlético Marte | ||
1971–1972 | UES | ||
1972–1974 |
Juventud Olímpica | ||
1974–1979 | Provincia de Panama Metro | ||
1979–1981 | Atlético Ciudad de Panama | ||
International career | |||
1963–1979 | Panama | 77 | (20) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Luis Ernesto Tapia Pérez (born October 21, 1944, in Panama) is a retired football forward, who is regarded as the best player ever in Panama.[1][2]
He was a member of the Panama national football team between 1963 and 1979.
Club career
Tapia was raised in Barrio El Granillo, in Panama City[3] and debuted at a young age with Panama national football team. During a tour of El Salvador, he was signed by Alianza.
Known as the "Central American Pele",[4] and "Cascarita", Tapia played primarily in El Salvador during the 1960s and 1970s, especially with the Alianza.[5]
On March 19, 1971, in the then
International career
He was part of the Panama team that participated for the first time in a World Cup qualifier.[7] Tapia scored the first goal for Panama in a World Cup qualifier. He also toured with the Panama in Asia[citation needed] and scored 20 goals in 77 games for Panama.[8]
Legacy
In his honor, the Training Court next to Estadio Rommel Fernandez also known as mini-Rommel bears his name.[9]
International goals
- Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 31 March 1963 | Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González, San Salvador, El Salvador |
Nicaragua | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1963 CONCACAF Championship |
2 | 3 November 1969 | Independence Park (Jamaica), Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica | Jamaica | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1969 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
3 | 4 April 1976 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | Costa Rica | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification |
Honours and awards
Club
- Alianza F.C.
- CONCACAF Champions League (1): 1967
- Primera División (2): 1965-66, 1966–67
- Aletico Marte
- Primera División (1): 1970
- Juventud Olímpica
- Primera División (1): 1973
References
- ^ UN GOLEADOR DE RAZA PURA El histórico Cascarita Tapia - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ "Luis ???Cascarita??? Tapia, referente histórico de Alianza FC". 25 June 2017.
- ^ El Granillo-Chorrillo
- ^ “La Cascarita” que marcó una época con “la Orquesta Alba” - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
- ^ Luis "Cascarita" Tapia by Luis Giraldo
- ^ DeporMax.com Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Luis Ernesto Tapia – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Panama - Record International Players - RSSSF
- ^ Mini-Rommel gets name Archived 2013-07-11 at archive.today
External links
- Luis Ernesto Tapia at National-Football-Teams.com