Mateo Acosta
{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
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| name = Mateo Acosta
| image =
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| fullname = Mateo Agustín Acosta
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|9|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| position = Forward
| currentclub = San Martín Tucumán
| clubnumber = 20
| youthyears1 =
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| years1 = 2013–2014
| clubs1 = {{ill|lt=Tiro Federal Morteros|Tiro Federal de Morteros|es|Club Tiro Federal y Deportivo Morteros}}
| caps1 = 24
| goals1 = 13
| years2 = 2014
| clubs2 = Libertad de Sunchales
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 2015
| clubs3 = Juventud Unida
| caps3 = 23
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2016
| clubs4 = Guillermo Brown
| caps4 = 14
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2016
| clubs5 = Alianza Petrolera
| caps5 = 10
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2017
| clubs6 = Almagro
| caps6 = 12
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2017–2019
| clubs7 = Guillermo Brown
| caps7 = 35
| goals7 = 7
| years8 = 2018–2019
| clubs8 = → Gimnasia de Mendoza (loan)
| caps8 = 16
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2020
| clubs9 = Deportivo Madryn
| caps9 = 7
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2020–2022
| clubs10 = Brown de Adrogué
| caps10 = 57
| goals10 = 16
| years11 = 2023
| clubs11 = Huachipato
| caps11 = 10
| goals11 = 2
| years12 = 2023–
| clubs12 = San Martín Tucumán
| caps12 = 13
| goals12 = 2
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Mateo Agustín Acosta (born 22 September 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for San Martín de Tucumán.
Career
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.{{cite news|title=Ficha Estadistica de MATEO ACOSTA|url=http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-MATEO-AGUSTIN-ACOSTA-96422.html|accessdate=18 January 2019|work=BDFA}} 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.{{cite news |title=Argentina - M. Acosta |work=Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mateo-acosta/347077/ |accessdate=18 January 2019}} His first appearance came against Douglas Haig, with his second match ending with an eighty-ninth minute red card versus Estudiantes. 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.
On 7 July 2016, Acosta was signed by Colombia's Alianza Petrolera. 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. In the succeeding February, having terminated his contract in December 2016, Acosta returned to Argentina with Almagro in Primera B Nacional.{{cite news|title=Las altas y las bajas de Alianza Petrolera para la temporada 2017|url=https://www.vanguardia.com/deportes/futbol-local/las-altas-y-las-bajas-de-alianza-petrolera-para-la-temporada-2017-IRVL383759|accessdate=18 January 2019|work=Vanguardia|date=22 December 2016}}{{cite news|title=Mateo Acosta encuentra equipo: jugará en Almagro|url=https://es.besoccer.com/noticia/mateo-acosta-encuentra-equipo-jugara-en-almagro|accessdate=18 January 2019|work=BeSoccer|date=9 February 2017}} One goal in thirteen fixtures followed. Guillermo Brown resigned Acosta in August 2017. He bettered his previous season with the club, netting five times across twenty-four matches in 2017–18. July 2018 saw Acosta join Gimnasia y Esgrima on loan.{{cite news|title=No es una presión, sino una motivación|url=http://www.soloascenso.com.ar/notas/gimnasia-mendoza/no-es-una-presion-sino-una-motivacion/122601|accessdate=18 January 2019|work=Solo Ascenso|date=27 July 2018}}
January 2020 saw Acosta join Deportivo Madryn in Torneo Federal A.{{cite news|title=Mateo Acosta cruzó de vereda y es refuerzo de Deportivo Madryn|url=https://interiorfutbolero.com.ar/mateo-acosta-cruzo-la-vereda-y-es-refuerzo-de-deportivo-madryn/|accessdate=12 October 2020|work=Interior Futbolero|date=16 January 2020}} His first goal arrived in a win over Deportivo Maipú on 9 February, having made his debut against Atlético Camioneros weeks prior. A move back to the second tier was completed in August as he agreed terms with Brown.{{cite news|title=Acosta y Maldonado dejaron Deportivo Madryn|url=https://www.diariojornada.com.ar/281164/deportes/mateo_acosta_deja_madryn_y_es_refuerzo_de_brown_de_adrogue/|accessdate=12 October 2020|work=Diario Jornada|date=24 August 2020}}{{cite news|title=NACIONALBrown de Adrogué sumó otros ocho refuerzos para el reinicio de la Primera Nacional|url=http://pasiondeportiva.com.ar/brown-de-adrogue-sumo-otros-ocho-refuerzos-para-el-reinicio-de-la-primera-nacional/|accessdate=12 October 2020|work=Pasión Deportiva}}
In the second half of 2023, Acosta joined San Martín de Tucumán from Chilean club Huachipato.{{cite news |last1=Molina |first1=Geraldine |title=Mateo Acosta dejará Huachipato y San Martín de Tucumán asoma en su futuro |url=https://redgol.cl/chile/mateo-acosta-dejara-huachipato-y-san-martin-de-tucuman-asoma-en-su-futuro-20230615-RDG-26805.html |access-date=2 May 2024 |work=RedGol |date=15 June 2023 |language=es}}
Personal life
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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| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="1"|Tiro Federal
|2013–14 |rowspan="1"|Torneo Argentino B |24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | ||
| rowspan="1"|Libertad
|2014 |rowspan="1"|Torneo Federal A |10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2Appearance(s) in the Torneo Federal A play-offs | 0 | 12 | 5 | ||
| rowspan="1"|Juventud Unida
|2015 |rowspan="2"|Primera B Nacional |23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="1"|Guillermo Brown
|2016 |14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="1"|Alianza Petrolera
|2016 |rowspan="1"|Categoría Primera A |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="1"|Almagro
|rowspan="4"|Primera B Nacional |12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Guillermo Brown
|23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | ||
| 2018–19
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20
|12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | ||
| rowspan="1"|Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan)
|rowspan="1"|Primera B Nacional |16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="1"|Deportivo Madryn
|rowspan="1"|Torneo Federal A |7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="1"|Brown
|rowspan="1"|Primera B Nacional |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!151 | 30 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 158 | 30 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|mateo-acosta/347077}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Acosta, Mateo}}
Category:Footballers from Buenos Aires
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Category:Men's association football forwards
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