Franco Acosta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franco Acosta Machado | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Plaza Colonia (on loan from Villarreal B) | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2013 | Fénix | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Fénix | 20 | (3) |
| 2015– | Villarreal B | 48 | (7) |
| 2018 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2019– | → Plaza Colonia (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Uruguay U17 | 15 | (12) |
| 2015 | Uruguay U20 | 14 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 April 2019 | |||
Template:Spanish name Franco Acosta Machado (born 5 March 1996) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Plaza Colonia on loan from Spanish club Villarreal CF B.
Club career
Born in Montevideo, Acosta joined Centro Atlético Fénix's youth setup in 2009, aged 13. On 23 November 2013 he made his first team debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–1 home loss against Liverpool F.C. for the Primera División championship.[1]
Acosta scored his first professional goal on 16 February 2014, netting the second in a 3–0 away win against Racing Club de Montevideo.[2] On 1 July he agreed a deal with S.C. Braga,[3] but returned to Fénix in September.[4]
Acosta was eventually included in the main squad and appeared in eight matches, scoring once. On 19 January 2015 he signed a 5+1⁄2-year contract with Villarreal CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[5]
On 15 January 2018 Acosta joined Segunda Division B team Racing de Santander on loan until the end of the season.[6] Acosta was then loaned out to Plaza Colonia for the 2019 season.[7]
References
- ^ Liverpool sigue de buena racha (Liverpool keeps the good run); Ovación, 23 November 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Contragolpe y eficacia, el gran argumento de Fénix para ganarle 3:0 a Racing (Counterattack and efficiency, the great plot of Fénix to defeat Racing by 3–0) Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine; Tenfield, 16 February 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Sp. Braga: Franco Acosta é reforço e já está em Portugal (Sp. Braga: Franco Acosta is an addition and is already in Portugal); Mais Futebol, 1 July 2014 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Fénix: Franco Acosta recupera y podría ser utilizado (Fénix: Franco Acosta returns and could be utilized) Archived 2014-10-07 at the Wayback Machine; Tenfield, 24 September 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Un delantero de proyección (A forward of showing) Archived 2015-02-12 at the Wayback Machine; Villarreal's official website, 19 January 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ González, Roberto (2018-01-15). "El Racing abre el mercado con el uruguayo Franco Acosta". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ Plaza suma dos refuerzos más para el primer equipo, plazacolonia.com.uy, January 2019
External links
- Villarreal official profile (in Spanish)
- Franco Acosta – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Franco Acosta at Soccerway
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- 1996 births
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- Sportspeople from Montevideo
- Uruguayan footballers
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- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Segunda División B players
- Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes players
- Centro Atlético Fénix players
- Villarreal CF B players
- Uruguay youth international footballers
- Uruguay under-20 international footballers
- 2015 South American Youth Football Championship players
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
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