Iván Tapia (born 23 November 1998) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as an
attacking midfielder
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for
San Lorenzo
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Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
.
He is the son of
Claudio Tapia
Claudio Fabián "Chiqui" Tapia (born 22 September 1967) is an Argentine football executive and current President of the Argentine Football Association (Spanish: ''Asociación del Fútbol Argentino'') and Liga Profesional de Fútbol (an entity that ...
.
Career
Tapia started his career with
Barracas Central
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.
He appeared for his senior bow in the
2015 Primera B Metropolitana
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Music
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Albums
* ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005
* ''15'' (Ani Lorak album) ...
under manager
Marcelo Barrera, coming off the bench at the interval of a 5–4 victory over
Deportivo Riestra
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on 14 November.
No appearances followed in the subsequent
2016
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season, though he returned in
2016–17 to play fourteen times.
Tapia scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw with
Defensores de Belgrano in April 2018, with another arriving in February 2019 against
Comunicaciones; a match his brother also participated in.
Personal life
Tapia's brother
Matías and father
Claudio also played football professionally for Barracas Central.
His grandfather
Hugo Moyano
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and cousin Facundo Moyano also have a footballing background.
Career statistics
.
Honours
;Barracas Central
*
Primera B Metropolitana:
2018–19
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tapia, Ivan
1998 births
Living people
Tapia family
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Primera B Metropolitana players
Primera Nacional players
Argentine Primera División players
Barracas Central players
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers