Alberto Acosta (Mexican footballer)

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Alberto Acosta
Personal information
Full name Alberto Joshimar Acosta Alvarado
Date of birth (1988-02-26) 26 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
2007–2008 Manzanillo
2008–2010 Tigres UANL
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2019 Tigres UANL 94 (5)
2014Pachuca (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2016Puebla (loan) 38 (1)
2019Morelia (loan) 9 (1)
2019–2023 Juárez 67 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2023

Alberto Joshimar Acosta Alvarado [lower-alpha 1] (born 26 February 1988) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back. [1]

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Club career

Acosta was discovered while playing with Fútbol Soccer Manzanillo in the Segunda División de México and debuted with the first team in the Apertura 2010 Tournament. [2] On October 20, 2012, Acosta scored his first hat-trick in the victory of 5–0 over Pumas UNAM. Acosta returned with Tigres for the Apertura 2016.

Honours

Tigres UANL

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Acostaand the second or maternal family name is Alvarado.

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References

  1. Alberto Acosta
  2. Alberto Acosta Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)