Ignacio Tapia (footballer, born 1999)
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Full name
Ignacio Tapia Bustamante
Date of birth
22 February 1999
Place of birth
Concepción, Chile
Height
1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ignacio Tapia Bustamante | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Concepción, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Atlético Grau | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Huachipato | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Huachipato | 64 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Universidad de Chile | 49 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Atlético Grau | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Chile U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Chile | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 February 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Ignacio Tapia Bustamante (born 22 February 1999) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a defender for Peruvian club Atlético Grau.
Tapia joined Universidad de Chile from Huachipato in 2022. He left them at the end of the 2025 season.[1]
After leaving Universidad de Chile, Tapia moved abroad and signed with Peruvian club Atlético Grau.[2]
International career
At under-20 level, Tapia represented Chile in the 2018 South American Games, winning the gold medal,[3]
Tapia was called up to the Chile senior squad for the first time in June 2017, and was an unused substitute in a 3–0 win over Burkina Faso.[4]
