Carlos Daniel Tapia

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| name = Carlos Daniel Tapia

| image = Carlos tapia argentina juvenil.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Tapia with the Argentina U20 in 1981

| fullname = Carlos Daniel Tapia

| height = 1.73 m{{cite web |title=Carlos Tapia |url=https://www.livefutbol.com/ficha_jugador/carlos-tapia/ |website=livefutbol.com |access-date=24 September 2024 |language=es}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|8|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Attacking Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1980–1984

| years2 = 1985–1987

| years3 = 1987–1988

| years4 = 1988–1989

| years5 = 1989–1990

| years6 = 1990

| years7 = 1990–1991

| years8 = 1991–1992

| years9 = 1992–1994

| clubs1 = River Plate

| clubs2 = Boca Juniors

| clubs3 = Brest

| clubs4 = Boca Juniors

| clubs5 = Deportivo Mandiyú

| clubs6 = Universidad de Chile

| clubs7 = Boca Juniors

| clubs8 = Lugano

| clubs9 = Boca Juniors

| caps1 = 105

| caps2 = 77

| caps3 = 15

| caps4 = 10

| caps5 = 16

| caps6 = 8

| caps7 = 33

| caps8 = 12

| caps9 = 28

| goals1 = 14

| goals2 = 35

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 = 5

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 3

| goals7 = 2

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| totalcaps = 304

| totalgoals = 60

| nationalyears1 = 1981

| nationalteam1 = Argentina U20

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1980–1988

| nationalteam2 = Argentina

| nationalcaps2 = 10

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

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Carlos Daniel Tapia (born 20 August 1962 in San Miguel, Buenos Aires) 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 replaced Jorge Burruchaga in the match against England and hit the post with his shot.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/1986/jun/22/worldcup2006.sport|title=Hand of god strikes|author=David Lacey|date=22 June 1986|newspaper=The Guardian}} 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 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.

Abroad, Tapia played for Brest in France, Lugano in Switzerland{{cite web |title=Carlos Daniel Tapia - Trayectoria y Biografía de Jugadores |url=https://historiadeboca.com.ar/jugadores/carlos-daniel-tapia/595/1905/2017/6.html |website=historiadeboca.com.ar |access-date=24 September 2024 |language=es}} and Universidad de Chile in Chile.{{cite web |last1=Jeria |first1=Diego |title=El Chino Tapia: reaparece foto de ex jugador de la U que fue campeón del mundo con Argentina y Maradona |url=https://redgol.cl/udechile/El-Chino-Tapia-reaparece-foto-de-ex-jugador-de-la-U-que-fue-campeon-del-mundo-con-Argentina-y-Maradona-20200519-0081.html |website=RedGol |access-date=24 September 2024 |language=es |date=19 May 2020}}

Tapia retired in 1994.