Franco Acosta

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

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(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Plaza Colonia
(on loan from Villarreal B)
Number 21
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) 4 (0)
2019– → Plaza Colonia (loan) 7 (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 7 April 2019
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Acosta and the second or maternal family name is Machado.

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] Acosta was then loaned out to Plaza Colonia for the 2019 season.[7]

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) Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine; 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) Archived 2014-10-07 at the Wayback Machine; Tenfield, 24 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. Un delantero de proyección (A forward of showing) Archived 2015-02-12 at the Wayback Machine; 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.
  7. Plaza suma dos refuerzos más para el primer equipo, plazacolonia.com.uy, January 2019


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