Gonzalo Tapia

Chilean footballer (born 2002)

Gonzalo Tapia
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Andrés Tapia Dubournais
Date of birth (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Recoleta, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Universidad Católica
Number 20
Youth career
2014–2020 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Universidad Católica 88 (16)
International career‡
2017 Chile U15
2017–2019 Chile U17 13 (4)
2020 Chile U20 3 (3)
2022–2024 Chile U23 4 (1)
2024– Chile 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 September 2024

Gonzalo Andrés Tapia Dubournais (born 18 February 2002) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean club Universidad Católica and the Chile national team.

Club career

Tapia debuted the year 2020 in the match against Coquimbo Unido in San Carlos de Apoquindo, on the following date.[1]

International career

At early age, he represented Chile at under-15 level in the 2017 South American U-15 Championship and Chile U17 at the 2019 South American U-17 Championship and at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In addition, he represented Chile U20 in a friendly tournament played in Teresópolis (Brazil) called Granja Comary International Tournament, scoring in all matches against Peru U20,[2] Bolivia U20,[3] and Brazil U20.[4]

Later, he was called up to the first training microcycle of the Chile senior team on 2021.[5]

He represented Chile at under-23 level in a 1–0 win against Peru U23 on 31 August 2022, in the context of preparations for the 2023 Pan American Games.[6] In 2024, he took part in the Pre-Olympic Tournament.[7]

Tapia made his debut for the senior Chile national team on 10 September 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Bolivia at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos. He substituted Darío Osorio in the 61st minute as Bolivia won 2–1.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 August 2024[9]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Universidad Católica 2020 Primera División 11 2 — — 1[a] 2 12 4
2021 Primera División 3 0 — 2[b] 0 — 5 0
2022 Primera División 26 2 5 1 6[c] 0 1[a] 0 38 3
2023 Primera División 25 4 3 0 1[d] 2 0 0 29 4
2024 Primera División 23 8 3 2 1[d] 0 0 0 27 10
Total 88 16 11 3 10 0 2 2 111 21
Career total 88 16 11 3 10 0 2 2 111 21
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Supercopa de Chile
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
  3. ^ 4 appearances in Copa Libertadores, 2 in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

International

As of match played 10 September 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Chile 2024 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Universidad Católica

References

  1. ^ "Gonzalo Tapia hace su estreno en el profesionalismo" (in Spanish). 6 September 2020.
  2. ^ "La Roja Sub 20 se estrenó en Teresópolis con un trabajado triunfo sobre Perú" (in Spanish). ANFP. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ "La Roja Sub 20 se impuso a Bolivia y se mantiene invicta en Brasil" (in Spanish). ANFP. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ "La Roja Sub 20 empató con Brasil y es subcampeón del Torneo Granja Comary" (in Spanish). ANFP. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Martín Lasarte inicia su primer microciclo con la Selección Chilena Local". LaRoja.cl. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  6. ^ Quijada, Vicente (31 August 2022). "En un intenso encuentro, La Roja Sub 23 se impuso por 1-0 ante Perú en Iquique". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  7. ^ "La Roja Sub 23 presentó la nómina definitiva para el Preolímpico". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Chile v Bolivia game report". ESPN. 10 September 2024.
  9. ^ Gonzalo Tapia at Soccerway
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