Alberto Acosta
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Full name | Alberto Federico Acosta Tabizzi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 23 August 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Arocena, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1986 | 9 Julio Arocena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1988 | Unión Santa Fe | 71 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1990 | San Lorenzo | 64 | (34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Toulouse | 38 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | San Lorenzo | 41 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Boca Juniors | 34 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Universidad Católica | 45 | (43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Yokohama Marinos | 21 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Universidad Católica | 25 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | San Lorenzo | 32 | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2001 |
Sporting CP | 78 | (39) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2004 | San Lorenzo | 77 | (32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Fénix | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 532 | (239) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1995 | Argentina | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 |
Dunărea Galaţi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Fénix (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Fénix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alberto Federico 'Beto' Acosta Tabizzi (born 23 August 1966) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker.
In a professional career which spanned 18 years (nearly 700 official games and more than 250 goals), he played for San Lorenzo in four different spells. Additionally, he represented clubs in France, Chile, Japan and Portugal.
Acosta appeared with Argentina in two Copa América tournaments.
Club career
Born in Arocena, Santa Fe Province, Acosta started playing professionally at Unión de Santa Fe, making his top division debut one month shy of his 20th birthday, in a 0–0 home draw against Argentinos Juniors.[1] Two years later he transferred to San Lorenzo de Almagro, scoring 34 goals in his first two seasons combined, that being the first of the four spells with the club in an 18-year career.
In 1990 Acosta had his first abroad experience, with France's Toulouse FC. After a poor second season he left in December 1991, having played in seven matches with just one goal, with the club eventually ranking 16th – he returned to San Lorenzo, where he scored a further 19 league goals, which earned him a transfer to country giants Boca Juniors.
Acosta spent the following three years out of Argentina, starting and ending with
In December 1998, Acosta signed with
Acosta kickstarted his managerial career in
International career
Having collected 19 caps for Argentina during three years, Acosta represented the nation in two Copa América tournaments. In the 1993 edition in Ecuador, he converted his penalty shootout attempts in both the quarter-finals and the semifinals, as the nation eventually emerged victorious.[4]
Career statistics
Club
Club performance | League | |||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
Argentina | League | |||
1986–87 | Unión | Argentine Primera División | 39 | 7 |
1987–88 | 32 | 8 | ||
1988–89 | San Lorenzo | Argentine Primera División | 36 | 19 |
1989–90 | 28 | 15 | ||
France | League | |||
1990–91 | Toulouse | Ligue 1 | 31 | 6 |
1991–92 | 7 | 0 | ||
Argentina | League | |||
1991–92 | San Lorenzo | Argentine Primera División | 21 | 7 |
1992–93 | 19 | 12 | ||
1992–93 | Boca Juniors | Argentine Primera División | 18 | 7 |
1993–94 | 16 | 4 | ||
Chile | League | |||
1994 | Universidad Católica | Chilean Primera División | 25 | 33 |
1995 | 20 | 10 | ||
Japan | League | |||
1996 | Yokohama Marinos | J1 League | 21 | 10 |
Chile | League | |||
1997 | Universidad Católica | Chilean Primera División | 25 | 12 |
Argentina | League | |||
1997–98 | San Lorenzo | Argentine Primera División | 19 | 9 |
1998–99 | 13 | 8 | ||
Portugal | League | |||
1998–99 | Sporting |
Primeira Liga | 13 | 3 |
1999–2000 | 33 | 22 | ||
2000–01 | 32 | 14 | ||
Argentina | League | |||
2001–02 | San Lorenzo | Argentine Primera División | 29 | 11 |
2002–03 | 30 | 11 | ||
2003–04 | 18 | 10 | ||
Country | Argentina | 318 | 128 | |
France | 38 | 6 | ||
Chile | 70 | 55 | ||
Japan | 21 | 10 | ||
Portugal | 78 | 39 | ||
Total | 525 | 238 |
International
Argentina | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1992 | 6 | 1 |
1993 | 9 | 0 |
1994 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 4 | 2 |
Total | 19 | 3 |
Honours
Club
- Universidad Católica
- Sporting
- San Lorenzo
International
- Argentina
- 1992
- 1992
- Copa América: 1993
- Artemio Franchi Cup: 1993
Individual
- Argentine Primera División Top scorer: Apertura 1992 (12 goals)
- Chilean Primera División Player of the Year: 1994
- Chilean Primera División Top scorer: 1994 (33 goals)
- Copa Chile Top scorer: 1995 (10 goals)
- Copa Libertadores Top scorer: 1997 (11 goals)
- Francisco Stromp Award: 2000
References
- ^ a b Alberto Acosta le dijo adiós al fútbol...y su nombre quedó escrito en la historia (Alberto Acosta said goodbye to football...and his name entered the history books) Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine; Familia (in Spanish)
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Ex jugador de la selección jugará en un equipo de Primera C (Former national team player with play in Primera C team); El Día, 16 January 2009 (in Spanish)
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archivedfrom the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Alberto Acosta". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
External links
- Stats at FutbolPasion (in Spanish)
- Alberto Acosta at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Alberto Acosta at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alberto Acosta – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Alberto Acosta at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)