Cristian Zapata's growing experience.

Zapata was born in Padilla, Colombia on the last day of September. 1986.

As a member of Cali Athletic Football Club, Zapata represented the Colombian youth team in the World Youth Football Championship held in the Netherlands. They are in Group E with Italy, Canada and Syria. In the first round of the group stage, the Colombian team played against the promising Italian youth team at the William II Stadium in Sparta. With the support of immigrant fans dressed in red, yellow and blue, Colombia made two key starts in the second half.

In World War II in Canada, coach Eduardo Lala's last substitution changed the game, and two goals in the last 10 minute made Colombia advance. In the last contest about the first place in the group, the Colombian boy used the third game 2-0 to make the Asian legion Syria speechless. In the end, Colombia, Syria and Italy in this group all advanced with 16. It is worth mentioning that the China team in Group B also advanced to the top 16 by winning all three games.

On June 23, 2005, Colombia, the favourite to win the championship, lost a good game with an advanced goal of 1. A boy named Messi was born for the Argentine team to equalize the score. His teammate Barosso completely knocked Colombia down with a goal in the 93rd minute.

To tell the truth, Columbia's No.3 didn't impress the scouts in this game. In FIFA's post-match inventory, Colombian striker renteria won unanimous praise from experts, and as an outstanding representative of central defender, People's Republic of China (PRC) No.5 Feng Xiaoting far surpassed Zapata.

Gold always shines, and no one can doubt the correctness of this sentence. Just one month after the World Youth Championship, Udinese found Zapata. On the last day of August, 2005, 19 Zapata landed in Apennine Peninsula after playing only 17 games for Cali Athletic.

Defense is an art, as Italians always say. When he came to the base camp of chain defense, Zapata absorbed nutrition like a sponge thrown into the sea. The 2005-06 season is also a turbulent and transitional season for Udinese. Spalletti, who led the team to the Champions League last season, went to Rome, the capital team, and the young Zhuge cosmi entered the Friuli Stadium. After losing several main players last year, President Pozzo brought several experienced defenders and new frontcourt players to the team.

On August 29th, in the first round of the new season, Udinese beat Empoli Football Club with Montari 1-0 goals. Two days later, Zapata finally signed his name on the transfer contract.

In the northernmost part of Italy's boot-shaped territory, Zapata witnessed Juventus' telephone door and Inter Milan's three consecutive championships, and he gradually stabilized the position of the team's main force. Zapata's comprehensiveness has won him a lot of points in Udinese, a mid-stream team that focuses on defense. Three consecutive coaches, Gallioni, malesani and marino, have safely handed over the main position to Zapata. He is tall but not stupid and strong, and can be competent for all positions in the defense.

The survival rule of the midstream team is simple. After training a player and selling it at a high price, Iaquinta, Montari, Janku and Pizarro will not be spared, and Zapata, who is undoubtedly a new chip in Pozzo's hand, will soon wear someone else's jersey at the age of 22.

In June 2008, Sky Sports revealed that the offer of 654.38+200,000 euros made by Arsenal Football Club head coach Arthur Wenger for Zapata was rejected. Obviously, Udinese is waiting for a higher price, because AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan and Florence all wanted the defender at one time, and the silky fowl who sold people as talents obviously knew the tricks of the transfer market. However, shortly after they hung up on the gunman, Zapata was absent from the South American World Cup qualifier between Peru and Colombia on June 20 16, 65 438+06, because he tried his best to stop the shot of the opposing striker Jose Paul Guerrero, resulting in a fractured cheekbone. During his absence, the defensive partners who replaced his new signings Domic and Koda performed well, and Udinese once ranked sixth in the standings, which made coach marino have no intention of changing the lineup. The injured Zapata suddenly became dispensable, and professional football is so cruel.

Zapata regained the main position in Udinese in the 2009/ 10 season, but the team finally ranked 15 in the league due to its limited strength.

Zapata helped Udinese to qualify for the Champions League in the 2010/1season. After the season, Zapata moved to La Liga Villarreal.

201112 season was Villarreal's nightmare, and the team was relegated after the season. Zapata's performance in La Liga is also very general, and he joined Serie A giants AC Milan on loan at the end of the season. And officially transferred to AC Milan in the 20 13/ 14 season.