Beto Acosta
Personal information
Full name Alberto Martín Acosta Martínez
Date of birth (1977-01-23) 23 January 1977
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Team information
Current team
 Penarol
Youth career
1990–1994 Defensor Sporting
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Defensor Sporting 30 (18)
1997 Platense Wanderers 5 (2)
1998–2005 Cerrito 294 (96)
2005–2007 Peñarol 41 (4)
2007 Náutico 31 (19)
2008–2009 Corinthians 27 (5)
2009 → Náutico (loan) 8 (0)
2010 Cerrito 8 (2)
2010–2011 Brasiliense 19 (3)
2012 Central 5 (0)
2012 Brasiliense 3 (0)
2013 Resende 8 (0)
2013 CEOV 0 (0)
2014 União Barbarense 3 (0)
2014–2016 Santos-AP 22 (6)
2016 Botafogo-DF 4 (2)
2017 Taboão da Serra 19 (9)
2017 Sete de Dourados 2 (0)
2017 Taboão da Serra 0 (0)
2018 Cerrito 10 (2)
2019 Tricordiano 0 (0)
2019 Independente de Tucuruí 0 (0)
2019 Taboão da Serra 6 (1)
2019 Santos-AP 0 (0)
2019 Sabugy 1 (0)
2019 Atlético Carioca 6 (2)
2020 Taguatinga 6 (2)
2020 Barcelona de Ilhéus 2 (2)
2021– Penarol 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:05, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Alberto Martín Acosta Martínez (born 23 January 1977), more commonly known as Beto Acosta or simply Acosta, is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Penarol.[1]

Acosta has amassed nearly 500 career league appearances and more than 150 (league) goals from the positions of striker, attacking midfielder and wingback for a variety of different clubs throughout South America.

Career

Beto started his career at Defensor Sporting as a promising youth player, being fast-tracked into the first team and making his senior début for the club at the age of just 17. In two seasons, he scored 18 times in 30 league matches for Defensor.

He transferred to Platense Wanderers in 1997, making just 5 appearances in the domestic league, scoring twice, before joining Club Sportivo Cerrito the following year for 17,000 UYU.

He is perhaps best remembered for his time at Club Sportivo Cerrito, where he became a cult hero, scoring 96 goals in 294 league games (137 in 346 in all competitions), and captaining the club on more than 60 occasions. After leaving Cerrito, Beto suffered a dip in form which saw him be frozen out of the Uruguay national team for the first time in his career, a factor that would eventually lead him to retire from the international scene.

Beto's exploits in Brazil saw him play most notably for Clube Náutico Capibaribe, where he was reasonably successful. Beto continued to ply his trade in Brazil.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Interminável? Ex-Corinthians, Acosta, de 44 anos, assina com Penarol-AM: "Tô chegando"". GloboEsporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "São Paulo domina premiação da CBF" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 3 December 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
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