Luis Ernesto Tapia

Luis Ernesto Tapia
Personal information
Full name Luis Ernesto Tapia Pérez
Date of birth (1944-10-21)21 October 1944
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Date of death 13 November 2024(2024-11-13) (aged 80)
Place of death 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
National team
1963–1979 Panama 77 (20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Luis Ernesto Tapia Pérez (21 October 1944 – 13 November 2024) was a Panamanian football forward player.[1][2] Tapia made 77 appearances for the Panama national football team between 1963 and 1979.

Tapia died from a heart attack in Panama City, Panama on 13 November 2024, at the age of 80.[3]

References

  1. UN GOLEADOR DE RAZA PURA El histórico Cascarita Tapia - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  2. "Luis ???Cascarita??? Tapia, referente histórico de Alianza FC". 25 June 2017.
  3. "Fallece Luis Ernesto "Cascarita" Tapia, leyenda de Alianza". 13 November 2024.