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Mateo Acosta
Personal information
Full name Mateo Agustín Acosta
Date of birth (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 San Martín Tucumán
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Tiro Federal Morteros [es] 24 (13)
2014 Libertad de Sunchales 10 (5)
2015 Juventud Unida 23 (0)
2016 Guillermo Brown 14 (3)
2016 Alianza Petrolera 10 (0)
2017 Almagro 12 (1)
2017–2019 Guillermo Brown 35 (7)
2018–2019 → Gimnasia de Mendoza (loan) 16 (0)
2020 Deportivo Madryn 7 (1)
2020–2022 Brown de Adrogué 57 (16)
2023 Huachipato 10 (2)
2023– San Martín Tucumán 13 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2024

Mateo Agustín Acosta (born 22 September 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for San Martín de Tucumán.

Career

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Acosta's career got underway with a 2013–14 spell with Tiro Federal in Torneo Argentino B, where the forward netted thirteen goals in twenty-four matches.[2] Libertad of Torneo Federal A signed him in June 2014, prior to Acosta completing a move to professional football with Juventud Unida on 3 January 2015.[1] His first appearance came against Douglas Haig, with his second match ending with an eighty-ninth minute red card versus Estudiantes.[1] Acosta switched to Guillermo Brown for the 2016 Primera B Nacional, a competition in which he scored in fixtures with Boca Unidos, Los Andes and Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) as they finished in eighth place.[1]

On 7 July 2016, Acosta was signed by Colombia's Alianza Petrolera.[1] He made ten appearances for the Categoría Primera A club, five of which were starts with his final game being an away victory versus Rionegro Águilas on 29 October.[1] In the succeeding February, having terminated his contract in December 2016, Acosta returned to Argentina with Almagro in Primera B Nacional.[3][4] One goal in thirteen fixtures followed.[1] Guillermo Brown resigned Acosta in August 2017.[1] He bettered his previous season with the club, netting five times across twenty-four matches in 2017–18.[1] July 2018 saw Acosta join Gimnasia y Esgrima on loan.[5]

January 2020 saw Acosta join Deportivo Madryn in Torneo Federal A.[6] His first goal arrived in a win over Deportivo Maipú on 9 February, having made his debut against Atlético Camioneros weeks prior.[1] A move back to the second tier was completed in August as he agreed terms with Brown.[7][8]

In the second half of 2023, Acosta joined San Martín de Tucumán from Chilean club Huachipato.[9]

Personal life

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His father was Gustavo Jorge Acosta, "Cepillo", a professional futbol player identified with Ferro Carril Oeste, but also played in Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Colombia.

Career statistics

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As of 12 October 2020.[1][2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tiro Federal 2013–14 Torneo Argentino B 24 13 0 0 — 0 0 24 13
Libertad 2014 Torneo Federal A 10 5 0 0 — 2[a] 0 12 5
Juventud Unida 2015 Primera B Nacional 23 0 0 0 — 0 0 23 0
Guillermo Brown 2016 14 3 0 0 — 0 0 14 3
Alianza Petrolera 2016 Categoría Primera A 10 0 0 0 — 0 0 10 0
Almagro 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 12 1 1 0 — 0 0 13 1
Guillermo Brown 2017–18 23 5 1 0 — 0 0 24 5
2018–19 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2019–20 12 2 0 0 — 0 0 12 2
Total 35 7 1 0 — 0 0 36 7
Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) 2018–19 Primera B Nacional 16 0 1 0 — 0 0 17 0
Deportivo Madryn 2019–20 Torneo Federal A 7 1 2 0 — 0 0 9 1
Brown 2020–21 Primera B Nacional 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 151 30 5 0 — 2 0 158 30
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Torneo Federal A play-offs

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Argentina - M. Acosta". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Ficha Estadistica de MATEO ACOSTA". BDFA. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Las altas y las bajas de Alianza Petrolera para la temporada 2017". Vanguardia. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Mateo Acosta encuentra equipo: jugará en Almagro". BeSoccer. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  5. ^ "No es una presión, sino una motivación". Solo Ascenso. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Mateo Acosta cruzó de vereda y es refuerzo de Deportivo Madryn". Interior Futbolero. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Acosta y Maldonado dejaron Deportivo Madryn". Diario Jornada. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. ^ "NACIONALBrown de Adrogué sumó otros ocho refuerzos para el reinicio de la Primera Nacional". Pasión Deportiva. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  9. ^ Molina, Geraldine (15 June 2023). "Mateo Acosta dejará Huachipato y San Martín de Tucumán asoma en su futuro". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
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