Alberto Acosta

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Personal information
Alberto Acosta
Full name	Alberto Federico Acosta
Date of birth	August 23, 1966 (age 40)
Place of birth	Arocena, Argentina
Nickname	Beto
Position	striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
	9 de Julio de Arocena
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1986-1988 1988-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1993 1994-1995 1996 1996-1997 1998 1998-2001 2001-2003	Unión de Santa Fe San Lorenzo Toulouse FC San Lorenzo Boca Juniors Universidad Católica Yokohama F. Marinos Universidad Católica San Lorenzo Sporting Lisbon San Lorenzo
National team
	Argentina
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Alberto Federico Acosta is a retired Argentine football striker. He was born on August 23, 1966, in the city of Arocena in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina.

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 forBoca Juniors in Argentina, Toulouse FC in France Universidad Católica in Chile, Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan and Sporting Lisbon in Portugal.

[edit] Titles and Awards

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	San Lorenzo	Copa Sudamericana Championship
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