Alberto Acosta

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Alberto Acosta
Personal information
Full name Alberto Federico Acosta Tabizzi
Date of birth (1966-08-23) 23 August 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Arocena, Argentina
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1984–1986 9 Julio Arocena
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total532(239)
International career
1992–1995 Argentina 19 (3)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Dunărea Galaţi
2007–2009 Fénix (assistant)
2009–2011 Fénix
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Copa América
Winner 1993 Ecuador
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 1992 Saudi Arabia
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner 1993 Argentina
*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.

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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 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica in Chile where he rejoined former San Lorenzo teammate Néstor Gorosito. In 1994, he was crowned the top scorer in South American football, netting 33 times in only 25 matches. [2] Also during that debut campaign, he was unable to further help the team for five matches (four after assaulting C.F. Universidad de Chile's Luis Musrri); in between his spell with Universidad, he played in the J1 League for Yokohama Marinos.

In December 1998, Acosta signed with Sporting Clube de Portugal. In his first full season, the 33-year-old striker scored 22 goals, helping the Lisbon side to the Primeira Liga championship after an 18-year wait. He added 14 the following campaign, but was deemed surplus to requirements after the signing of Mário Jardel, and returned to San Lorenzo for the fourth and last time, netting always in double digits until his 2004 retirement at the age of 37. Although still physically fit, the scorer of 300 goals in 666 official games opted to retire, instead of being coerced into retirement later on. [1]

Acosta kickstarted his managerial career in Romania, with FCM Dunărea Galaţi. In the 2007 summer he returned to his country, joining fourth division team Club Atlético Fénix's coaching staff and coming out of retirement for a few months. [3]

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

[5]

Club performanceLeague
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoals
ArgentinaLeague
1986–87 Unión Argentine Primera División 397
1987–88328
1988–89 San Lorenzo Argentine Primera División3619
1989–902815
FranceLeague
1990–91 Toulouse Ligue 1 316
1991–9270
ArgentinaLeague
1991–92 San Lorenzo Argentine Primera División217
1992–931912
1992–93 Boca Juniors Argentine Primera División187
1993–94164
ChileLeague
1994 Universidad Católica Chilean Primera División 2533
19952010
JapanLeague
1996 Yokohama Marinos J1 League 2110
ChileLeague
1997 Universidad Católica Chilean Primera División2512
ArgentinaLeague
1997–98 San Lorenzo Argentine Primera División199
1998–99138
PortugalLeague
1998–99 Sporting Primeira Liga 133
1999–20003322
2000–013214
ArgentinaLeague
2001–02 San Lorenzo Argentine Primera División2911
2002–033011
2003–041810
CountryArgentina318128
France386
Chile7055
Japan2110
Portugal7839
Total525238

International

Argentina
YearAppsGoals
199261
199390
199400
199542
Total193

Honours

Club

Universidad Católica
Sporting
San Lorenzo

International

Argentina

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 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)
  2. ↑ "South American Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ "Copa América 1993". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Alberto Acosta". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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