Bismar Acosta

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Bismar Acosta
Personal information
Full name Bismar Gilberto Acosta Evans
Date of birth (1986-12-19) 19 December 1986 (age 36)
Place of birth Santa Cruz, Costa Rica
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Brann
Number 15
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007 Santacruceña 41 (1)
2007–2008 San Carlos 28 (0)
2008–2011 Herediano 73 (2)
2011–2013 Belén 61 (4)
2013–2015 Start 52 (5)
2015– Brann 139 (7)
International career
2010– Costa Rica 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2020

Bismar Gilberto Acosta Evans (born 19 December 1986) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Brann.

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Club career

Acosta spent eight years in the Costa Rican league, most notably with Herediano. He moved abroad to join Norwegian side Start in January 2013, [1] and then SK Brann in March 2015. [2]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 September 2020 [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Herediano 2009–10 Liga FPD 2510020-271
2010–11 23100--231
Total4820020--502
Belén 2011–12 Liga FPD 40300--403
2012–13 21100--211
Total61400----614
Start 2013 Tippeligaen 27351--324
2014 25231--283
Total52582----607
Brann 2015 OBOS-ligaen 28140--321
2016 Tippeligaen 20210--212
2017 Eliteserien 271302110332
2018 27220--292
2019 2813020-331
2020 9000--90
Total139713041101578
Career total30018212611032821


International career

Acosta made his debut for Costa Rica in an October 2010 friendly match against Peru and has, as of January 2014, earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Bismark Acosta fue presentado en el IK Start de Noruega Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Acosta og Castro går til Brann". www.nrk.no/ (in Norwegian). nrk.no. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bismar Acosta". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Bismar Acosta – FIFA competition record (archived)


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