Alexis Zapata

{{short description|Colombian footballer (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alexis Zapata | image = Alexis Zapata USA-Columbia, FIFA U20 World Cup (18496446328) (cropped).jpg | caption = Zapata in 2015 | fullname = Alexis Zapata Álvarez | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|5|10}} | birth_place = Medellín, Colombia | height = 1.76 m | currentclub = Independiente Santa Fe | clubnumber = 10 | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 2011–2012 | youthclubs1 = Envigado | years1 = 2013–2019 | clubs1 = Envigado | caps1 = 59 | goals1 = 14 | years2 = 2014 | clubs2 = → Udinese (loan) | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = → Sassuolo (loan) | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = → Perugia (loan) | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2017 | clubs5 = → Millonarios (loan) | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2020–2023 | clubs6 = Emelec | caps6 = 71 | goals6 = 13 | years7 = 2024–2025 | clubs7 = America de Cali | caps7 = 28 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2025- | clubs8 = Independiente Santa Fe | caps8 = 35 | goals8 = 4 | nationalyears1 = 2014–2015 | nationalteam1 = Colombia U20 | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | club-update = 11 December 2025 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Alexis Zapata''' (born 10 May 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Independiente Santa Fe.

==Club career== After scoring three goals with Colombian club Envigado in the 2014 Torneo di Viareggio, Udinese recruited him.<ref>http://gianlucadimarzio.com/calciomercato/alla-scoperta-di-alexis-zapata-il-nuovo-gioiello-colombiano-bloccato-dalludinese/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728034152/http://gianlucadimarzio.com/calciomercato/alla-scoperta-di-alexis-zapata-il-nuovo-gioiello-colombiano-bloccato-dalludinese/ |date=28 July 2014 }} Alla scoperta di Alexis Zapata Gianluca di Marzio</ref> On 31 January 2014, Zapata completed his loan move to Sassuolo until the end of the season.<ref>http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Sassuolo/31-01-2014/sassuolo-ecco-baby-alexis-zapata-2.0.2252499436.shtml Sassuolo ecco Alexis Zapata Gazzetta dello Sport</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zapata, Alexis}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Colombian men's footballers Category:Footballers from Medellín Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Colombia men's under-20 international footballers Category:21st-century Colombian sportsmen Category:Envigado F.C. players Category:Udinese Calcio players Category:US Sassuolo Calcio players Category:AC Perugia Calcio players Category:Millonarios F.C. players Category:C.S. Emelec footballers Category:América de Cali footballers Category:Categoría Primera A players Category:Serie A players Category:Serie B players Category:Ecuadorian Serie A players Category:Colombian expatriate men's footballers Category:Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Category:Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador