Renato Tapia

Youth career

Born in Lima, Peru, Tapia started his football career at Sporting Cristal's youth team before joining Esther Grande academy at twelve years old, where he quickly established himself as a youth player. While at the Esther Grande academy, he helped the academy win the Copa Federación with the 1995 category, also winning the Best Player in the 'Night of Stars' awards. His progression at Esther Grande academy attracted interest from Premier League sides Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. Tapia revealed that he almost joined Liverpool, but was rejected, due to his height.

Twente

In the summer transfer of 2013, Tapia moved to Europe for the first time in his career, signing a four-year contract with Eredivisie side Twente. Immediately after joining the club, he was sent to the Jong FC Twente, the club's reserves, to develop. Tapia made his Jong FC Twente debut in a 3–3 draw against De Graafschap on 20 September 2013, coming on as a substitute in the second half for Robbert Schilder. Two weeks later, on 4 October 2013, he was an unused substitute in the first team's match against Cambuur Tapia continued to develop at Jong FC Twente and scored his first goal on 22 November 2013, in a 2–1 win over Willem II. He went on to make 19 appearances, scoring once for Twente's reserves in the 2013–14 season. Following a season at Jong FC Twente, Tapia was promoted to the first team at Twente. He made his first-team debut at Twente in the opening game of the…

Tapia was selected by the Peru U17 for the South American Under-17 Football Championship and by the Peru U20 for the South American Youth Football Championship. In March 2015, Tapia was called up by the Peru's senior team for the first time. He made his debut on 1 April 2015, in a 2–2 draw against Venezuela. He was expected to be in the Copa América for the Peru squad, but an injury prevented him from doing so. Despite this, he was included in the squad for the Copa América Centenario and played all of the four matches in the campaign. Tapia scored his first Peru goal on 7 September 2016, in a 2–1 win over Ecuador. In May 2018, he was named in Peru's provisional 24 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Club

As of match played 30 August 2025

International

As of match played 9 September 2025

Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tapia goal.

Tapia is of African and Quechua origin and alongside teammate Edison Flores, campaigned to promote and protect the Quechua people during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.