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
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 București
2011	Galatasaray
2011–2012	Deportivo Pereira
2012–2013	Itagüí
2013–2014	Millonarios
2014–2018	Santa Fe
2020	Jaguares de Córdoba
International career
	Colombia U21
2007–2016	Colombia
Medal record
Colombia
Copa América Centenario
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:30, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Róbinson Zapata Montaño (born 30 September 1978), is a Colombian football player.

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 București

Rufay, as he is 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 appreciated 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 played for Deportivo Pereira in the second half of 2011.

International career

On 5 July 2007, Zapata represented Colombia at the 2007 Copa América, playing against USA, but he was sent off in the 86th minute after being cautioned twice. His next tournament call-up came 9 years later, ahead of the Copa América Centenario.