Alberto Acosta

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Alberto Acosta

Full name	Alberto Federico Acosta
Date of birth	August 23, 1966 (1966-08-23) (age 41)
Place of birth	Arocena, Argentina
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
	9 de Julio de Arocena
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1988 1988-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1993 1994-1995 1996 1996-1997 1998 1998-2001 2001-2003 2008-	Unión de Santa Fe San Lorenzo Toulouse FC San Lorenzo Boca Juniors Universidad Católica Yokohama F. Marinos Universidad Católica San Lorenzo Sporting Portugal San Lorenzo Club Atlético Fénix Total	71 (15) 64 (34) 38 (6) 41 (19) 34 (10) 45 (43) 21 (10) 25 (12) 32 (17) 78 (39) 77 (32) 2 (2) 526 (237)
National team
1992-1995	Argentina	19 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alberto Federico Acosta (born 23 August 1966 in Arocena, Argentina), known popularly as "Beto" Acosta, is an Argentine former football striker. He was born on August 23, 1966, in the city of Arocena in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina.

Acosta is currently working as the joint manager of Club Atlético Fénix of the regionalised 4th division of Argentine football.

Acosta is probably most famous for becoming the top scorer in South American football in 1994. He scored a total of 33 goals to claim the title.

He played his first professional game for Unión de Santa Fe in 1986. In 1988 he moved to San Lorenzo, a club he would play for in four spells during his career.

He also played for Boca Juniors in Argentina, Toulouse FC in France Universidad Católica in Chile, Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan and Sporting Lisbon in Portugal. He was one of the keys for Sporting's title in the 1999-2000 season (which failed to come to Alvalade for 18 years) and still Beto Acosta is very cherished and fondly remembered among fans.

[edit] Honours

Acosta was top scorer several times in different competitions, he also won several national and international tournaments.

Season	Club	Title
Apertura 1992	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina Topscorer: 12 goals
1992	Argentina	FIFA Confederations Cup
1993	Argentina	Copa América
1994	Universidad Católica	Primera Division Chile Player of the Year
1994	Universidad Católica	Primera Division Chile Topscorer 33 goals
1994	Universidad Católica	Topscorer in South America: 33 goals
1995	Universidad Católica	Copa Chile Champions
1995	Universidad Católica	Copa Chile Topscorer: 10 goals
1997	Universidad Católica	Primera Division Chile Championship
1999-2000	Sporting Lisbon	Portuguese Liga Championship
2002	San Lorenzo	Copa Sudamericana Championship