Franco Acosta

Franco Acosta
Personal information
Full name Franco Acosta Machado
Date of birth (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Racing Santander (on loan from Villarreal B)
Youth career
2009–2013 Fénix
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Fénix 20 (3)
2015– Villarreal B 48 (7)
2018– → Racing Santander (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2013 Uruguay U17 15 (12)
2015 Uruguay U20 14 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 February 2015

Franco Acosta Machado (born 5 March 1996) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Racing de Santander on loan from Villarreal CF B.

Club career

Born in Montevideo, Acosta joined Centro Atlético Fénix's youth setup in 2009, aged 13. On 23 November 2013 he made his first team debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–1 home loss against Liverpool F.C. for the Primera División championship.[1]

Acosta scored his first professional goal on 16 February 2014, netting the second in a 3–0 away win against Racing Club de Montevideo.[2] On 1 July he agreed a deal with S.C. Braga,[3] but returned to Fénix in September.[4]

Acosta was eventually included in the main squad and appeared in eight matches, scoring once. On 19 January 2015 he signed a ​5 1⁄2-year contract with Villarreal CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[5]

On 15 January 2018 Acosta joined Segunda Division B team Racing de Santander on loan until the end of the season.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Liverpool sigue de buena racha (Liverpool keeps the good run); Ovación, 23 November 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Contragolpe y eficacia, el gran argumento de Fénix para ganarle 3:0 a Racing (Counterattack and efficiency, the great plot of Fénix to defeat Racing by 3–0); Tenfield, 16 February 2014 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Sp. Braga: Franco Acosta é reforço e já está em Portugal (Sp. Braga: Franco Acosta is an addition and is already in Portugal); Mais Futebol, 1 July 2014 (in Portuguese)
  4. ↑ Fénix: Franco Acosta recupera y podría ser utilizado (Fénix: Franco Acosta returns and could be utilized); Tenfield, 24 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Un delantero de proyección (A forward of showing); Villarreal's official website, 19 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ González, Roberto (2018-01-15). "El Racing abre el mercado con el uruguayo Franco Acosta". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-16.
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