Alberto Zapata
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alberto de Jesús Zapata Urriola | ||
Date of birth | February 28, 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Nacional | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999 | Real España | ||
1999 | Vida | ||
2000–2002 | Tauro | ||
2001 | Tecos UAG | 20 | (16) |
2002 | Chorrillo | ||
2003 | Alianza (Panama) | ||
2004 | Olimpia Asunción | ||
2005 | Municipal Valencia | ||
2005 | Alianza (Panama) | ||
2006 | San Francisco | ||
2007 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 17 | (4) |
2008 | San Francisco | 37 | (25) |
2009 | Maccabi Netanya | 11 | (1) |
2009 | Alianza (El Salvador) | 10 | (1) |
2010 | San Francisco | 19 | (5) |
2010–2012 | Sporting San Miguelito | 29 | (9) |
2013– | Atlético Nacional | ||
International career‡ | |||
2000–2009 | Panama | 15 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 20, 2008 |
Template:Spanish name 2 Alberto de Jesús Zapata Urriola (born 28 February 1979 in Panama City) is a professional Panamanian football forward who currently plays for Atlético Nacional.
Club career
A much-travelled striker or attacking midfielder, Zapata played alongside compatriot Roberto Brown for Honduran side Real España in 1999[1] and left fellow Hondurans Vida in December 1999 after claiming the club had not paid him his wages.[2] In 2001, he played for Mexican second division side Tecos UAG,[3] for whom he rattled in 16 goals in 20 games.[4] He later joined Chorrillo from Tauro in his native Panama in summer 2002[5] and moved to Alianza in 2003,[6] winning the Panamanian league's MVP award 2003 in the process.[7]
In January 2004 he moved abroad again to play for Paraguayan giants Olimpia[8] and returned to Honduras in January 2005 when recommended to Municipal Valencia by Víctor René Mendieta.[9]
He returned to Panama in 2005 to play for Alianza again and from 2006 for San Francisco and played with fellow Panamanians Víctor Herrera Piggott and Gustavo Ávila at Puerto Rican outfit Puerto Rico Islanders in 2007. In January 2009 he went to Europe for a spell alongside Alberto Blanco in Israel with Lothar Matthäus-led Maccabi Netanya and scored his first goal for them in April 2009 against Hapoel Petah Tikva.[10] In July 2009 he signed with Salvadoran side Alianza,[11] only to leave them in November 2009 after an unsuccessful spell at the club.[12]
After another stint at San Francisco he moved to Sporting San Miguelito in summer 2010[13] and later joined then second division side Atlético Nacional. In June 2015 he clinched promotion to the LPF after his team Atlético Nacional won the Panamanian Second Division championship decider against SUNTRACS with Zapata scoring one of the goals.[14]
International career
Zapata made his debut for Panama in a January 2000 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 15 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in two qualifying matches for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and four qualifying matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[15]
His final international was a January 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.
International goals
- Scores and results list. Panama's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | June 21, 2000 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2. | January 27, 2009 | Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup |
References
- ^ Alberto Zapata aspira dejar Honduras y jugar en México - Panamá América Template:Es
- ^ Alberto Zapata no jugará para el Club Vida catracho - Crítica Template:Es
- ^ Zapata con 12 goles en el fútbol azteca - Crítica Template:Es
- ^ Zapata con positiva campaña en las inferiores de los Tecos - Panamá América Template:Es
- ^ Alberto Zapata es el nuevo fichaje de El Chorrillo - La Prensa Template:Es
- ^ El Alianza se encamina según su delantero Alberto Zapata - Crítica Template:Es
- ^ Alberto Zapata más valioso del 2003 - Panamá América Template:Es
- ^ Alberto Zapata se sumó al plantel de Olimpia - La Prensa Template:Es
- ^ Alberto Zapata jugará en Honduras - Panamá América Template:Es
- ^ Zapata anota su primer gol en el fútbol de Israel - La Prensa Template:Es
- ^ Panameño Zapata reforzará al Alianza de El Salvador - RPC Template:Es
- ^ Zapata se fue de Alianza - La Prensa Gráfica Template:Es
- ^ TORNEO APERTURA DE LA LIGA PANAMEÑA DE FÚTBOL Altas y bajas de la LPF - La Prensa Template:Es
- ^ Vence al Suntracs 3-0 La Policía Nacional sube a la LPF - La Prensa Template:Es
- ^ "2004 MATCHES : NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
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External links
- Alberto Zapata at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Panamanian footballers
- Panama international footballers
- 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- Copa Centroamericana-winning players
- Real C.D. España players
- C.D.S. Vida players
- Panamá Viejo players
- Tauro F.C. players
- Estudiantes Tecos footballers
- Alianza Panama players
- Chorrillo F.C. players
- Club Olimpia footballers
- San Francisco F.C. footballers
- Puerto Rico Islanders players
- Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
- Alianza F.C. footballers
- Sporting San Miguelito players
- Panamanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Honduras
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Paraguay
- Expatriate footballers in Puerto Rico
- Panamanian expatriates in Puerto Rico
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Expatriate footballers in El Salvador