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) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Racing Santander (on loan from Villarreal B) | ||
| 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) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Uruguay U17 | 15 | (12) |
| 2015 | Uruguay U20 | 14 | (6) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2015 | |||
Template:Spanish name Franco Acosta Machado (born 5 March 1996) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Racing de Santander on loan from 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]
References
- ^ Liverpool sigue de buena racha (Liverpool keeps the good run); Ovación, 23 November 2013 Template:Es icon
- ^ 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); Tenfield, 16 February 2014 Template:Es icon
- ^ 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 Template:Pt icon
- ^ Fénix: Franco Acosta recupera y podría ser utilizado (Fénix: Franco Acosta returns and could be utilized); Tenfield, 24 September 2014 Template:Es icon
- ^ Un delantero de proyección (A forward of showing); Villarreal's official website, 19 January 2015 Template:Es icon
- ^ González, Roberto (2018-01-15). "El Racing abre el mercado con el uruguayo Franco Acosta". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-16.
External links
- Villarreal official profile Template:Es icon
- Franco Acosta – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Franco Acosta at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Montevideo
- Uruguayan footballers
- Association football forwards
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Segunda División B 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
- Uruguayan expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain