Duván Zapata confesses: he does not like his nickname, the goal he remembers most with Colombia and his new ‘look’

In the absence of ten days for the Colombian team to face Peru for the seventh day of the Qatar 2022 South American Qualifiers, the program ‘La Interna’, which is broadcast on the social networks of the tricolor team, interviewed Duván ‘The bull’ Zapata, a benchmark up front in the absence of Radamel Falcao García.

Zapata, what This season he scored 19 goals for Atalanta – 15 in Serie A, 3 in the Champions League and 1 in the Italian Cup. revealed the annotation that he most remembers with the national team, the origin of his nickname, the new look of his hair and even his son’s nickname. Here, your answers.

The goal that never forgets

“The one I did to Argentina in the Copa América (2019). It was the first game and it was also my first America’s Cup, so that’s the one I remember with the most emotion ”.

Given: At that time, with Carlos Queiroz as coach, the Colombian team beat the Albiceleste team 2-0 in its debut in the continental tournament. The other goal was scored by the now forward of América de México, Roger Martínez.

Shy, alone off the courts

“I have been told and I always feel it. When I enter the field I transform. That shyness that I may have as a person, it goes away. I like it because I can enter the pitch and be free, be me, show all my conditions ”.

Given: Duván Zapata’s debut in the national team was on March 23, 2017, when he was still managed by Argentine coach José Néstor Pékerman, who led Colombia to two World Cups: Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018. The debut took place in 1 -0 against Bolivia, in the metropolitan stadium of Barranquilla

He does not just accept being called ‘El Toro’

“It’s a nickname that I can’t quite accept but I know that for all the Colombian people I am ‘El Toro’. I swallow it and accept it ”.

Where did it come from?

“I really do not know. It’s not that the boys put it on me … The people, the fans put it on me ”.

The nickname I would choose

“Sometimes I ask myself that question and I don’t have an answer either. He thinks about things and I say ‘no no’, so I wouldn’t know what to answer ”.

Given: ‘El Toro’ made his debut for América on May 18, 2008, the day he scored his first goal in the 2-3 defeat against Boyacá Chicó, as visitors. Her first hat-trick He arrived three years later, in the Apertura tournament facing Deportivo Pereira.

Why the braids?

“With my wife we ​​decided to let my youngest son’s hair grow and at the beginning he didn’t like it, he said that at school everyone looked at him, they wanted to touch his hair; Back then he was a bit shy, now he’s a devil. To give him courage, I let him grow up too and let him identify a little … Now he likes it, he even has it super long; I already grew my hair long, I have my particular look ”.

Given: Since 2013, Duván Zapata has played in Italy (Napoli, Udinese, Sampdoria and Atalanta), scoring 111 goals. While he was in América de Cali, where he made his debut, he scored 13 goals, and in Estudiantes de la Plata, where he played before reaching the old continent, 22.

‘Duvancito’, his son

“He comes home counting, says they call him ‘Duvancito’ and he likes it, he’s happy.”

Given: One of the teams that would be interested in Duván Zapata would be West Ham, according to the English press, but his club would have no intention of letting him out-

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