Héctor Tapia

For the Mexican footballer, see Héctor Tapia (Mexican footballer).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tapia and the second or maternal family name is Urdile.

Héctor Tapia

Personal information
Full name	Héctor Santiago Tapia Urdile
Date of birth	(1977-09-30) 30 September 1977
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1998	Colo-Colo	82	(32)
1999	Universidad Católica	15	(9)
1999–2000	Perugia	4	(0)
2001	Colo-Colo	27	(24)
2002	Palestino	26	(24)
2003–2004	Lille	37	(5)
2004	Cruzeiro	22	(4)
2005	Colo-Colo	30	(16)
2006	Unión Española	22	(0)
2006	FC Thun	10	(2)
2007	Palestino	14	(8)
2007–2008	Universidad Católica	32	(14)
2009	Palestino	31	(8)
International career
1993	Chile U17
1995	Chile U20
1997–2004	Chile	14	(3)
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.

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.

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

International

Tapia debuted for his country in 1997 and has 14 caps and 3 goals.

International goals

#	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

Honours

Player

Club

Colo-Colo

• Primera División de Chile (2): 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1998
• Copa Chile (1): 1996

Lille

• UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2004

Cruzeiro

• Campeonato Mineiro (1): 2004

International

Chile

• FIFA U-17 World Championship (1): Third Place 1993
• Football at the Summer Olympics Bronze Medal (1): 2000

Individual

• Primera División de Chile Top-scorer (1): 2001

Manager

Colo-Colo

• Primera División de Chile (1): 2014 Clausura

External links

• Héctor Tapia at Soccerway
• Chile.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 November 2005)
• CBF (in Portuguese)
• Héctor Tapia at FootballDatabase.eu