Avelino Acosta

Andrés Avelino Acosta Parra (10 November 1917 – August 2008) was a Paraguayan football (soccer) player that also defended his country during the Chaco War.^[1]

As a footballer, Acosta played for Club Oriental, Cerro Porteño, Atlántida SC and most importantly for Atlético Corrales^[2] where he was part of the longest tour by a Paraguayan team around Latin American (it lasted 1 year and 15 days).^[3] Acosta also played in several occasions for the Paraguay national football team, including the 1942 Copa America.^[4] He played as a defender.

References

^ Nos dejó otro héroe de la Guerra del Chaco (Spanish)
^ Nos dejo Avelino Acosta (Spanish)
^ Atlético Corrales y su increíble aventura (Spanish)
^ Copa America 1942 rosters at RSSSF by Martín Tabeira

Persondata
Name	Acosta Parra, Andres Avelino
Alternative names	Ali
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	10 November 1917
Place of birth
Date of death	August 2008
Place of death	Asuncion with his lovely family around him