Carlos Daniel Tapia


Carlos Daniel Tapia 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

SeasonClubLevel
1980–1984River PlatePrimera División Argentina
1985–1987Boca JuniorsPrimera División Argentina
1987–1988BrestLigue 1 France
1988–1989Boca JuniorsPrimera División Argentina
1989MandiyúPrimera División Argentina
1990–1991Boca JuniorsPrimera División Argentina
1991–1992AC LuganoSwiss 1st division
1992Universidad de ChileCopa Chile
1992–1994Boca JuniorsPrimera División Argentina

Honours

Club

;River Plate
;Boca Juniors
;Argentina