Gustavo Acosta (footballer)

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1965|11|22|}}

|birth_place = Mar del Plata, Argentina

|death_date = {{death date|2024|04|03|}} (58 years old)

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|position = Midfielder

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|years1 = {{0|0000}}–1991

|clubs1 = Ferro (Argentina)

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|years2 = 1991–1992

|clubs2 = FC St. Pauli

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|years3 = 1992–1993

|clubs3 = SV Lurup

|years4 = 1993

|clubs4 = Lleida

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|years5 = 1993

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Gustavo Jorge Acosta (Mar del Plata 22 November 1965 - 3 April 2024) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Acosta started his career with Argentine side Ferro (Argentina) where he made 170 league appearances and scored ten goals, helping them win their only two top flight titles.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pauli-blog.de/fc-st-pauli-gustavo-acosta/|title=Was wurde eigentlich aus Gustavo Acosta?|publisher=pauli-blog.de (Archived)|access-date=12 April 2022|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213161252/http://www.pauli-blog.de/fc-st-pauli-gustavo-acosta/|url-status=live}} In 1991, Acosta signed for FC St. Pauli in the German second division.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/no/12-6964-2014-04-17.html|title=Club social y deportivo|publisher=pagina12.com.ar (Archived)|access-date=12 April 2022|archive-date=30 May 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160530082455/http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/no/12-6964-2014-04-17.html|url-status=live}} In 1992, he signed for German third division club SV Lurup.{{Cite web|url=https://taz.de/!1659602/|title=Gustavo nach Lurup|publisher=taz.de}} In 1993, he signed for Lleida in the Spanish second division, helping them earn promotion to the Spanish La Liga.{{BDFutbol|7123}} In 1994, Acosta signed for Argentine second division team Nueva Chicago.{{WorldFootball.net|gustavo-acosta}}