Nelson Tapia

Nelson Tapia
Personal information
Full name Nelson Antonio Tapia Ríos
Date of birth (1966-09-22) 22 September 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Molina, Chile
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Audax Italiano (assistant)
Youth career
1984–1987 O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 O'Higgins 100 (0)
1993 Deportes Temuco 17 (0)
1994–2000 Universidad Católica 183 (0)
2000–2001 Vélez Sársfield 3 (0)
2001 Deportes Puerto Montt 7 (0)
2002 Unión Española 21 (0)
2003 Cobreloa 35 (0)
2004 Santos 18 (0)
2005 Cobreloa 7 (0)
2005 Junior 12 (0)
Total 403 (0)
International career
2000 Chile Olympic (O.P.) 6 (0)
1994–2005 Chile 73 (0)
Managerial career
2015 Chile U17 (goalkeeping coach)
2016 Independiente Cauquenes
2018 Cobreloa (assistant)
2019 Barcelona SC (goalkeeping coach)
2019 Barcelona SC (interim)
2020–2021 Guayaquil Sport
2021–2022 Libertad FC
2022–2023 Aampetra [es]
2023 Olmedo
2024– Audax Italiano (assistant)
2024 Audax Italiano (interim)
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tapia and the second or maternal family name is Ríos.

Nelson Antonio Tapia Ríos (born 22 September 1966) is a former Chilean football goalkeeper and current football manager. He is the current assistant manager of Audax Italiano.

International career

He made his debut for the Chile national team in 1994 against France. After his last match thus far, a 0–5 loss against Brazil in 2005, the tally is at 73 caps. He played all four games for Chile at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and he also won an Olympic bronze medal with Chile at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Managerial career

While he was studying at the INAF (National Football Institute) to become a football manager, he worked as a goalkeeping coach of C.D. Universidad Católica at under-10 level and as the coach of the Molina football team, in his birthplace.[1] In addition to this, he worked as coach at school and university level and as the Technical Director of both Unión Temuco and Colchagua.[2] In 2015, he worked as a goalkeeping coach of Chile U17[3] and next he became the manager of Independiente de Cauquenes in the third category of the Chilean football.[4]

After a time as an assistant coach in Cobreloa,[5] in 2019 he moved to Ecuador and joined Barcelona S.C. as a goalkeeping coach. Next he joined Guayaquil Sport as manager, winning the 2020 Segunda Categoría.[6] In 2021 season, he won again the same title along with Libertad FC[7] Tapia was sacked by Libertad on 22 September 2022.[8]

In December 2022, he signed with Aampetra [es] in the Ecuadorian third division.[9][10] In February 2023, he switched to Olmedo in the Serie B.[11][12]

In 2024, he returned to Chile and joined the technical staff of Audax Italiano, serving as assistant coach of Walter Erviti. After Erviti quit having led the team for four matches, Tapia assumed as interim coach.[13]

Personal life

He is nicknamed Simpson because during his career he wore a hair style similar to cartoon character Bart Simpson.

Honours

Player

Universidad Católica

Cobreloa

Santos

Chile

Manager

Guayaquil Sport

Libertad

References

  1. ^ "Nelson Tapia relata su primera aventura como DT, dirigiendo a la selección de su natal Molina" (in Spanish). La Segunda. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Nelson Tapia se candidateó para ser en el futuro técnico de Universidad de Chile" (in Spanish). ADN. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  3. ^ Figueiredo, Fabio (1 June 2015). "NELSON TAPIA SE INCORPORA AL CUERPO TÉCNICO DE LA ROJA SUB 17" (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Nelson Tapia, al borde de la cancha – Dirige a Independiente de Cauquenes". cauquenino.com (in Spanish). 6 July 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  5. ^ Olea, Nicolás (20 March 2021). "Nelson Tapia hace gravísima denuncia sobre Cobreloa y el representante Sergio Morales que salpica a Codelco". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  6. ^ Tobar, Daniel (14 December 2020). "El primer éxito de Nelson Tapia en su carrera como técnico" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Nelson Tapia se proclamó campeón en el ascenso del fútbol ecuatoriano". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Libertad FC corta el ciclo que tenía en el banquillo (OFICIAL)" (in Spanish). Fútbol Ecuador. 22 September 2022.
  9. ^ Acevedo, Nicolás (7 December 2022). "Va por otro ascenso en Ecuador: Nelson Tapia asume en Aampetra". Prensafútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  10. ^ @MrOFFSIDER (30 January 2023). "Nelson Tapia sería nuevo entrenador del Centro Deportivo Olmedo en la Segunda Categoría" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2023 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Ramírez, Sergio (2 February 2023). "Cambió de club: Nelson Tapia sorprende y ficha por tradicional equipo ecuatoriano". www.encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  12. ^ Soto Estévez, Fernando (26 October 2023). "Olmedo le dice adiós a Tapia". Diario Los Andes (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  13. ^ Fajardo, Cristián (12 March 2024). "Se hizo la voluntad de Dios: Nelson Tapia reemplaza interinamente a Erviti en Audax Italiano". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2024.