:Wendy Acosta

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Wendy Acosta

| image = Wendy Acosta (2021).jpg

| image_size = 220

| fullname = Wendy Patricia Acosta Salas{{cite news |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title= List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |work=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |accessdate=18 June 2015}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|12|19|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = San Sebastián, Costa Rica{{cite web |url=http://fedefutbolcr.com/la-muerte-de-mi-papa-cambio-mi-vida/ |title= Yo Soy |language=Spanish |work=Federación Costarricense de Fútbol |accessdate=24 June 2015}}

| height = {{height|m=1.65}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Herediano FF

| clubnumber = 20

| collegeyears1 = | college1 = Universidad de Costa Rica | collegecaps1 = | collegegoals1 =

| collegeyears2 = 2012 | college2 = VCU Rams | collegecaps2 = | collegegoals2 = 9{{cite web |url=http://www.vcuathletics.com/sports/wsoc/awards|title= VCU Women's Soccer Awards |accessdate=13 November 2017}}

| years1 = | clubs1 = UD Moravia | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2015–2016 | clubs2 = UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2007– | nationalteam1 = Costa Rica | nationalcaps1 = 59 {{cite web |url=https://www.vavel.com/en-us/soccer/nwsl/797566-canada-vs-costa-rica-live-stream-commentary-and-scores-in-2017-international-friendly-0-0.html|title= Canada vs Costa Rica in 2017 International Friendly |accessdate=5 November 2017}} | nationalgoals1 = 18

}}

Wendy Patricia Acosta Salas (born 19 December 1989) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Herediano FF and the Costa Rica women's national football team.

Career

=University of Costa Rica=

Acosta attended the University of Costa Rica.{{cite web|title=Futbolista Wendy Acosta simboliza a una Selección valiente y comprometida con su sueño|url=http://www.crhoy.com/wendy-acosta-seleccion-femenina/|publisher=Crhoy|accessdate=30 March 2015|language=Spanish}}

=International=

On 28 April 2010, Acosta made her international debut against Honduras.{{cite web|title=Soccerway profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/acosta-salas-wendy-patricia/128698/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=30 March 2015}} On 7 October 2011, she scored her first ever international goal against El Salvador. In the following matches against Honduras and Guatemala, she again scored a goal in each match. Then on 22 January 2012, she scored a brace against Haiti. On 7 March, she scored a hat-trick against Belize, with goals in the twenty-sixth, forty-fourth and sixty-fifth minute during a match in which Costa Rica won 14–0.{{cite web|title=Costa Rica vs Belize|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/03/07/nc-america/ca-games-womens/costa-rica/belize/1455692/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=30 March 2015}} She would continue her scoring, as she found the net in consecutive matches against El Salvador and Panama.

On 16 March 2013, Acosta scored twice in a match against Nicaragua. There she found the net in the first half of the match, in the fourteenth and twentieth minute. Costa Rica won that match 4–0.{{cite web|title=Costa Rica vs Nicaragua|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/03/15/nc-america/ca-games-womens/costa-rica/nicaragua/1455703/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=30 March 2015}} She again scored in a 6–1 victory for Costa Rica against Martinique, finding the net in the thirty-second minute before she was substituted for Carol Sanchez in the sixty-second minute.{{cite web|title=Costa Rica vs Martinique|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/10/21/nc-america/womens-wc-qualifying-concacaf/martinique/costa-rica/1953945/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=30 March 2015}} Through victory in that match, Costa Rica was "one match away from" the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{cite web|title=Costa Rica's Ticas one match away from FIFA World Cup Canada 2015|date=22 October 2014 |url=http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/10/22/costa-ricas-ticas-one-match-away-from-fifa-world-cup-canada-2015|publisher=Tico Times|accessdate=30 March 2015}} On 5 March 2015, Acosta scored a single goal against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which helped Costa Rica win a match in the Istria Cup.{{cite web|title=Costa Rica women beat Bosnia in Istria Cup|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/costa-rica-women-beat-bosnia-in-istria-cup|publisher=CONCACAF|accessdate=30 March 2015}}

=Club=

In 2015, Acosta was invited for a trial by Swedish club AIK.{{cite web|title=Nuevo reto para la jugadora nacional|trans-title=New challenge for international player|url=http://sports.bycampbell.com/legionarios/3975-costarricense-wendy-acosta-hara-pasantia-en-el-aik-de-suecia.html|publisher=Sports|accessdate=30 March 2015|language=Spanish|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122709/http://sports.bycampbell.com/legionarios/3975-costarricense-wendy-acosta-hara-pasantia-en-el-aik-de-suecia.html|url-status=dead}}

After scoring a goal, Acosta "always [points] to the sky" to remember her father, who died due to a heart ailment in 2011. She has also said that she plays football because her "dad played".{{cite web|title=Acosta has motivations beyond country|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/acosta-has-motivations-beyond-country|publisher=CONCACAF|accessdate=30 March 2015}}

Honours

;Costa Rica

Winner

Central American Games: 2013

References

External links

{{FIFA player|386859}}
[http://fedefutbolcr.com/la-muerte-de-mi-papa-cambio-mi-vida/ Profile] {{in lang|es}} at Fedefutbol
{{Soccerway|acosta-salas-wendy-patricia/128698}}

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