Mateo Acosta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mateo Agustín Acosta | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Estudiantes BA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Tiro Federal Morteros | 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) |
| 2023–2024 | San Martín Tucumán | 15 | (2) |
| 2024– | Estudiantes BA | 33 | (11) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:15, 6 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
Mateo Agustín Acosta (born 22 September 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Estudiantes BA.
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.[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
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
- As of 12 October 2020.[1][2]
| 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 | |||
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Torneo Federal A play-offs
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Argentina - M. Acosta". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Ficha Estadistica de MATEO ACOSTA". BDFA. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Las altas y las bajas de Alianza Petrolera para la temporada 2017". Vanguardia. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Mateo Acosta encuentra equipo: jugará en Almagro". BeSoccer. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "No es una presión, sino una motivación". Solo Ascenso. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Mateo Acosta cruzó de vereda y es refuerzo de Deportivo Madryn". Interior Futbolero. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Acosta y Maldonado dejaron Deportivo Madryn". Diario Jornada. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "NACIONALBrown de Adrogué sumó otros ocho refuerzos para el reinicio de la Primera Nacional". Pasión Deportiva. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Mateo Acosta at Soccerway
