Noé Acosta

Noé Acosta
Personal information
Full name	Noé Acosta Rivera
Date of birth	10 December 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Guadalajara, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lamia
Number	11
Youth career
1999–2002	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2003	Moscardó
2003–2004	Atlético Madrid C
2004–2005	Murcia B
2005–2006	Alcalá
2006–2007	Almería B
2007–2009	Motril
2010	Universitatea Cluj
2011	Olympiakos Volou
2011–2012	Aris
2012–2013	Levadiakos
2013	Olympiakos Volou
2014–2017	PAS Giannina
2017–	Lamia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2017

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Noé Acosta Rivera (born 10 December 1983) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Greek club PAS Lamia 1964 as a left midfielder.

Safe for one year in Romania with Universitatea Cluj, he spent his entire professional career in Greece, mainly with PAS Giannina.

Football career

Spain

Acosta was born in Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha. In his country, the Real Madrid youth graduate played exclusively in the lower leagues.

Acosta started in 2002 with CD Colonia Moscardó, going on to represent Atlético Madrid C, Real Murcia Imperial, RSD Alcalá – his only Segunda División B experience, suffering team relegation at the end of the 2005–06 season – UD Almería B and Motril CF.^[1]

Romania

Acosta moved abroad in January 2010, signing with FC Universitatea Cluj from Romania. He helped them promote to Liga I, contributing with 14 games and two goals to the feat.

In his second year, Acosta appeared in ten matches as his team finished in eighth position, two points ahead of neighbouring CFR Cluj. This marked his first top flight experience, at the age of 26.

Greece

Again in the January transfer window, free agent Acosta moved to Greece in 2011, starting with Olympiacos Volou 1937 FC.^[2] He still competed in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League with the side, scoring in a 3–0 away win against FC Differdange 03 for the third qualifying round, but moved in September to fellow Superleague club Aris Thessaloniki FC.

Acosta competed in both Greek major levels in the following years, representing Levadiakos FC, Olympiakos Volou and PAS Giannina FC. On 25 August 2015 he renewed his contract with the latter until 2017, for an undisclosed fee.^[3]

On 21 June 2017, 33-year-old Acosta moved to newly promoted PAS Lamia 1964.^[4]

References

^ Vicente, Noé Acosta y Álex son las tres piezas que le faltan al Motril (Vicente, Noé Acosta and Álex are three last pieces in Motril's puzzle); Ideal, 8 July 2008 (in Spanish)
^ Noé Acosta ficha por el Olympiakos Volou (Noé Acosta signs for Olympiakos Volou); Rumores y Fichajes, 11 January 2011 (in Spanish)
^ Υπέγραψε ο Ακόστα (Acosta signs); SDNA, 25 August 2015 (in Greek)
^ Ανακοίνωσε Ακόστα η Λαμία (Lamia announced Acosta); Sport24, 21 June 2017 (in Greek)

External links

Noé Acosta at BDFutbol
Noé Acosta at Soccerway

[1] Vicente, Noé Acosta y Álex son las tres piezas que le faltan al Motril (Vicente, Noé Acosta and Álex are three last pieces in Motril's puzzle); Ideal, 8 July 2008 (in Spanish)

[2] Noé Acosta ficha por el Olympiakos Volou (Noé Acosta signs for Olympiakos Volou); Rumores y Fichajes, 11 January 2011 (in Spanish)

[3] Υπέγραψε ο Ακόστα (Acosta signs); SDNA, 25 August 2015 (in Greek)

[4] Ανακοίνωσε Ακόστα η Λαμία (Lamia announced Acosta); Sport24, 21 June 2017 (in Greek)

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