Víctor Zapata

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Víctor Zapata
Personal information
Full name	Víctor Eduardo Zapata
Date of birth	(1979-01-20) January 20, 1979
Place of birth	San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Centre midfielder / Left winger
Club information
Current club	Union de Santa Fe
Youth career
	Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1998–1999	Argentinos Juniors	15	(0)
1999–2007	River Plate	192	(15)
2003–2004	→ Real Valladolid (loan)	25	(2)
2007–2012	Vélez Sársfield	140	(9)
2012-2013	Independiente	12	(0)
2013-	Union de Santa Fe	13	(0)
National team^‡
2005–	Argentina	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:56, 29 June 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:28, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Víctor Eduardo Zapata (born 20 January 1979) is an Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Union de Santa Fe. Originally a pacey left winger, Zapata has developed his game as a deep-lying playmaker since his arrival to Vélez in 2007.

Club career

Zapata started his career in 1998 with Argentinos Juniors. In 1999, he moved to River Plate, where he won four league titles during his first spell with the club. During the 2003–04 season, he was loaned to Real Valladolid in the Spanish La Liga, but returned to River after Valladolid was relegated at the end of the season.

In 2007, Zapata joined Vélez Sársfield in a free transfer, after River denied the possibility of extending his contract. He was a regular starter in the team's 2009 Clausura championship, playing 18 of the 19 games (and scoring one goal).^[1] He also played 13 games as a starter (1 goal) in Vélez' 2011 Clausura winning campaign,^[2] his second Argentine league title with the club and sixth in his career.

International career

Under José Pekerman's coaching, Zapata played a friendly match with the Argentine national team in 2005. The game was a 1–1 draw with Mexico, in which Argentina had a squad formed exclusively by local league players.

Honours

River Plate

Argentine Primera División (4): 1999 Apertura, 2000 Clausura, 2002 Clausura, 2003 Clausura

Vélez Sársfield

Argentine Primera División (2): 2009 Clausura, 2011 Clausura

References

↑ "Closing '09 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
↑ "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2011-07-19.

External links

Profile at Vélez Sársfield's official website (Spanish)
Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
Career statistics at BDFA (Spanish)
Víctor Zapata at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Unión de Santa Fe – current squad

— Arce — Castro — Islas — Reartes — Baroni — Brítez — Correa — Evangelista — Gerlo — Maidana — Martínez — Vella — Zurbriggen — Alemán — Bertocchi — Bruna — Caballero — Faría — Mattos — Moreno — Rivas — Soto Torres — Zapata — Altamirano — Jara — Magnín — Palacios — Salinas Manager: Sava

Persondata
Name	Zapata, Victor
Alternative names
Short description	Argentine footballer
Date of birth	20 January 1979
Place of birth	San Martín, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death

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