Franco Acosta

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Franco Acosta
Personal information
Full name Franco Acosta Machado
Date of birth (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Villarreal B
Youth career
2009–2013 Fénix
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Fénix 20 (3)
2015– Villarreal B 18 (3)
International career‡
2013 Uruguay U17 15 (12)
2015– Uruguay U20 14 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 April 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2015

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Acosta and the second or maternal family name is Machado.

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

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]

References

  1. ↑ Liverpool sigue de buena racha (Liverpool keeps the good run); Ovación, 23 November 2013 (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 (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 (Portuguese)
  4. ↑ Fénix: Franco Acosta recupera y podría ser utilizado (Fénix: Franco Acosta returns and could be utilized); Tenfield, 24 September 2014 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Un delantero de proyección (A forward of showing); Villarreal's official website, 19 January 2015 (Spanish)

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