Martín Zapata (28 October 1970 – 22 April 2006) was a Colombian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He played for

Once Caldas Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Palogrande stadium. They were the surprise winne ...

from 1992 to 1995, Deportivo Cali from 1995 to 1999, Club Sport Emelec in 2000 and Deportivo Cali again in 2001. He was the top scorer of the

1999 Copa Libertadores The 1999 Copa Libertadores was the 40th edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club championship. It was held between February 21 and June 16. Palmeiras became the champions after beating Deportivo Cali on penalties for the fir ...

, in which Cali finished runner-up to

Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

, and Zapata missed his penalty. He was capped 5 times for Colombia national football team, all at the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and was also a squad member for the

1997 Copa América Bolivia hosted the Copa América for the second time in its 38th edition. It was held from 11 to 29 June. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. There is no qualifying for the final tournament. All South Ameri ...

. He was murdered in Cali on 22 April 2006.

Titles

Deportivo Cali

* 1998 Torneo Finalizacion

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* * 1970 births 2006 deaths Association football midfielders Colombian footballers Colombia international footballers 1997 Copa América players Once Caldas footballers Deportivo Cali footballers C.S. Emelec footballers Colombian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Ecuador Colombian expatriates in Ecuador Colombian murder victims Deaths by firearm in Colombia Male murder victims People murdered in Colombia Sportspeople from Cauca Department Footballers at the 1995 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia Pan American Games medalists in football Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Colombian people {{Colombia-footy-midfielder-stub