Luis Ernesto Tapia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Ernesto Tapia Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | October 21, 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1961–1962 | Politécnica FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1963 | Deportivo El Granillo | ||
| 1963–1970 | Alianza | ||
| 1969–1970 | Deportiva Galcasa | ||
| 1970–1971 | Atlético Marte | ||
| 1971–1972 | UES | ||
| 1972–1974 | Juventud Olímpica | ||
| 1974–1979 | Provincia de Panama Metro | ||
| 1979–1981 | Atlético Ciudad de Panama | ||
| National team | |||
| 1963–1979 | Panama | 77 | (20) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
|||
Luis Ernesto Tapia Pérez (born October 21, 1944 in Panama) is a retired football forward, who is regarded as the best player ever in Panama.
He was active on the Panama national football team between 1963 and 1979.
A native of Barrio El Granillo, in Panama City (Between Chorrillo and Barraza (lanes 17 and 21 West)), debuted very young with Panama national football team, during a tour on El Salvador, was signed by the Alianza of that country.
Known as the "Central-american Pele", Luis Ernesto "Cascarita" Tapia lived its golden age in El Salvador during the 1960s and 1970s, especially with the Alianza and still remembered by his fans, facing dozens of famous Brazilian players.
On March 19, 1971, in the then Estadio Revolución, about 25,000 fans witnessed the match between Brazil's Santos and Atlético Marte of El Salvador. In the Brazilian team was the King Pele, while on the side Atlético Marte "Cascarita" Tapia.
Was part of the team that participated for the first time in a World Cup qualifier, for Argentina 1978 World Cup and had the honor of scoring the first goal for Panama in these competitions, he also toured with the Panama on Asia, facing famous Hector Chumpitaz´s Peru team. He scored 20 goals in 77 games for Panama.
In his honor, the Training Court next to Estadio Rommel Fernandez also known as mini-Rommel bears his name.
...
Wikipedia