Rafael Acosta

For the Uruguayan footballer, see Rafael Acosta (Uruguayan footballer).

Rafael Acosta

Personal information
Full name	Rafael Eduardo Acosta Cammarota
Date of birth	(1989-02-13) 13 February 1989
Place of birth	Caracas, Venezuela
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Politehnica Iași
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	→ Club Olimpia (loan)	3	(0)
2017–2018	→ Independiente CG (loan)	10	(1)
2018–2019	Alki Oroklini	28	(2)
2019–2020	Olympiakos Nicosia	17	(1)
2021–	Politehnica Iași	0	(0)
International career‡
2008–2009	Venezuela U20	10	(1)
2008–	Venezuela	13	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:57, 26 January 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 Politehnica Iași. His main position is central midfielder, but he can play on the right wing.

Club career

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.

International stats

Venezuela national team
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
2017	0	0
2018	0	0
2019	0	0
2020	0	0
Total	13	0

Honours

ACCD Mineros de Guayana

• Copa Venezuela: 2011

External links

• Rafael Acosta – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Rafael Acosta at National-Football-Teams.com
• Rafael Acosta at Soccerway