Róbinson Zapata

Robinson Zapata
Personal information
Full name	Róbinson Zapata Montaño
Date of birth	30 September 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Florida, Colombia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Santa Fe
Number	12
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2000	América de Cali
2000–2002	Real Cartagena
2003–2004	América de Cali
2004–2005	Rosario Central
2005	Independiente
2005–2006	Belgrano
2006–2007	Cúcuta Deportivo
2007–2011	Steaua Bucureşti
2011	Galatasaray
2011–2012	Deportivo Pereira
2012	Itagüí
2013	Millonarios
2014–	Santa Fe
International career‡
	Colombia U-21
2007–2016	Colombia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2015; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 August 2008

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Róbinson Zapata Montaño (born 30 September 1978, Florida, Colombia), is a Colombian football player who plays for Independiente Santa Fe.

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 on 23 July 2007 Steaua for €500.000 and signed a four-year^[1] contract with the Romanian team from Cúcuta Deportivo. During the first half of the season, he became the most appreciateded 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. In December 2010, Zapata ended the contract with Steaua.

Galatasaray

On 21 January 2011, Zapata agreed a one-and-a-half-year deal with Turkish club Galatasaray.^[2]^[3] 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 Galatasaray, becoming a free agent.^[4] He returned to Colombia where he is set to play for Deportivo Pereira in the second half on 2011.

International career

5 July 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
2000	América de Cali	Colombian Primera A
2006	Cúcuta Deportivo	Colombian Primera A
2014	Santa Fe	Colombian Primera A

References

^ Steaua a transferat un nou portar
^ "Róbinson Zapata KAP bildiri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Kap.gov.tr. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
^ "Galatasaray'da Üç İmza" (in Turkish). Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
^ Lions to start training June 27, but where are the players?

External links

[1] Steaua a transferat un nou portar

[KAP-2] "Róbinson Zapata KAP bildiri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Kap.gov.tr. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

[Galatasaray-3] "Galatasaray'da Üç İmza" (in Turkish). Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

[4] Lions to start training June 27, but where are the players?

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