Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rafael Eduardo Acosta Cammarota | ||
Date of birth | 13 February 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Caracas, Venezuela | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Alki Oroklini | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2008 | Cagliari | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2018 | Cagliari | 0 | (0) |
2010 | → Diagoras (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2010–2011 | → Murcia Imperial | 13 | (1) |
2011–2016 | → Mineros de Guayana (loan) | 137 | (14) |
2017 | → Olimpia (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Independiente FBC (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Alki Oroklini | 28 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 17 | (1) |
2021 | Politehnica Iași | 8 | (0) |
2021– | Alki Oroklini | 7 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Venezuela U20 | 10 | (1) |
2008–2016 | Venezuela | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:00, 10 June 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 March 2018 |
Rafael Eduardo Acosta Cammarota (born 13 February 1989 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for Alki Oroklini. His main position is central midfielder, but he can play on the right wing.
Acosta started his professional career at Cagliari where he made his first team debut in a Coppa Italia match on 12 December 2007 against Sampdoria, which Cagliari won 1–0 to. He replaced Enrico Cotza at half-time. In January 2010, he was loaned to Greek second division side Diagoras until the end of the 2009–10 season. [1]
Venezuela national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2008 | 1 | 0 |
2009 | 5 | 0 |
2010 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | 4 | 0 |
2015 | 2 | 0 |
2016 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 13 | 0 |
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