Róbinson Zapata

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Zapata and the second or maternal family name is Montaño.

Rufay Zapata

Personal information
Full name	Róbinson Zapata Montaño
Date of birth	30 September 1978 (1978-09-30)
Place of birth	Florida, Colombia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Deportivo Pereira
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2000	América de Cali	62	(0)
2000–2002	Real Cartagena	83	(7)
2003–2004	América de Cali	33	(0)
2004–2005	Rosario Central	1	(0)
2005	Independiente	0	(0)
2005–2006	Belgrano	25	(0)
2006–2007	Cúcuta Deportivo	44	(0)
2007–2011	Steaua Bucureşti	85	(0)
2011	Galatasaray	10	(0)
2011–	Deportivo Pereira	0	(0)
National team‡
	Colombia U-21	13	(0)
2007–	Colombia	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 July 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 August 2008

Róbinson Zapata Montaño, aka Rufay (born 30 September 1978, Florida, Colombia), is a Colombian football player who plays for Deportivo Pereira.

Club career

Colombia

Zapata started his career in Colombia with América de Cali and Real Cartagena. In 2004 he moved to Argentina where he had spells with Rosario Central, Independiente and Belgrano. In 2006 he joined La Serena in Chile before returning to Colombia to play for Cúcuta Deportivo.

Steaua Bucureşti

Rufay, as he's called by his colleagues, joined Steaua a few years ago On July 23, 2007: Steaua bought Zapata for € 500.000 and signed a four-year contract with RomanianSteaua Bucureşti from Cúcuta Deportivo. During the season's first half, he became the most appreciated player in the Romanian team. (seen in this statistic made by Steaua supporters). After a mediocre second year at Steaua, Rufay became the first option as a goalkeeper after Ciprian Tătăruşanu's mistakes, and showed outstanding form.

In the beginning of 2010–11 season, Rufay was demoted to the B squad after the arrival of new coach Victor Piţurcă. Soon after Piţurcă left the club, new coach Dumitrescu called him back to the first squad. On December 2010, Robinson Zapata ended the contract with Steaua.

Galatasaray

On 21 January 2011, Zapata agreed a one-and-a-half-year deal with Turkish club Galatasaray. He has been in a bad shape since his arrival, with just two clean sheets in 13 games, with a shot/save ratio of 42%. In June 2011, Robinson Zapata was fired from Galatasasay, becoming a free agent. He returned to Colombia where he is set to play for Deportivo Pereira in the second half on 2011.

International career

• July 5, 2007: Zapata represented Colombia at the Copa America 2007, playing against USA, but he was sent off in the 86th minute after being cautioned twice.

Titles

Season	Club	Title
2006	Cúcuta Deportivo	Colombian Primera A

External links

• (Romanian) Official FCSB profile
• Róbinson Zapata Montaño's career - RomanianSoccer.ro
• Argentine Primera statistics - Futbolxxi.com (Spanish)