Ramón Tapia (footballer)

Ramón Antonio Tapia Allende (born 25 December 1972) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile, Mexico and the United States.

[1] After having no chances to play for them at league level, he joined Santiago Wanderers in the Chilean Segunda División in 1993.

[7] In the Chilean Primera División, he played for Unión Española,[8][9][10][11] Deportes Concepción,[12] Provincial Osorno[13] and Rangers de Talca.

[16] Abroad, he had a stint with Mexican club Cruz Azul Hidalgo in 1998 alongside Cristián Montecinos, his teammate in Deportes Concepción.

[1][11] He has worked as a public relations representative of pubs, being known by the nickname Zafrada, a distortion of "frazada" (blanket),[22][23] like a well-known red-haired person in his homeland for surviving the 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami.