Héctor Tapia

Héctor Tapia
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Santiago Tapia Urdile
Date of birth	30 September 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1998	Colo-Colo
1999	Universidad Católica
1999–2000	Perugia
2001	Colo-Colo
2002	Palestino
2003–2004	Lille
2004	Cruzeiro
2005	Colo-Colo
2006	Unión Española
2006	FC Thun
2007	Palestino
2007–2008	Universidad Católica
2009	Palestino
International career
1993	Chile U17
1995	Chile U20
1997–2004	Chile
2000	Chile U23
Managerial career
2012	Colo-Colo B
2013	Colo-Colo (assistant)
2013–2015	Colo-Colo
2016	Everton
2018	Colo-Colo
2019	Real Garcilaso
2020–2021	Deportes Antofagasta
2021	Coquimbo Unido
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Santiago Tapia Urdile (born 30 September 1977), also known as Tito Tapia, is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Club career

Tapia has played for Colo Colo, Universidad Católica, Palestino and Unión Española in Chile, Cruzeiro in Brazil, Lille OSC in France, Perugia in Italy and FC Thun in Switzerland.

In 2008 Tapia received an offer from Royal Excelsior Mouscron, but he decided to stay at La Católica.

In 2013 Tapia began his manager career at Colo-Colo.^[1]

On 2018 he coached Colo-Colo for the second time in his career.

International career

Tapia debuted for his country in 1997 and has 14 caps and 3 goals.^[2]

Career statistics

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 March 2000	??, ??	Honduras	5–2	Win	Friendly
2.	25 July 2000	??, ??	Venezuela	0–2	Win	FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	15 January 2001	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata	Bahrain	2–0	Win	Friendly