Franco Acosta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franco Acosta Machado | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Date of death | 6 March 2021 (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | Pando, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2013 | Fénix | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Fénix | 20 | (3) |
| 2015–2020 | Villarreal B | 48 | (7) |
| 2018 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Plaza Colonia (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | Atenas | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 103 | (13) | |
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Uruguay U17 | 15 | (12) |
| 2015 | Uruguay U20 | 14 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Franco Acosta Machado (5 March 1996 – 6 March 2021) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a striker.
Acosta joined Centro Atlético Fénix's youth setup in 2009, aged 13. On 23 November 2013, he made his first team debut.
On 19 January 2015, he signed a 5 1⁄2-year contract with Villarreal CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[1]
On 15 January 2018, Acosta joined Segunda Division B team Racing de Santander on loan until the end of the season.[2] Acosta was then loaned out to Plaza Colonia for the 2019 season.[3]
On 6 March 2021, a day after his 25th birthday, Acosta disappeared after swimming across the Arroyo Pando, in the Department of Canelones, Uruguay. Two days later, on 8 March 2021, his body was found. He was declared dead at the scene.[4]
References
- ↑ Un delantero de proyección (A forward of showing) Archived 12 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Villarreal's official website, 19 January 2015 (in Spanish)
- ↑ González, Roberto (15 January 2018). "El Racing abre el mercado con el uruguayo Franco Acosta". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ↑ Plaza suma dos refuerzos más para el primer equipo Archived 2020-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, plazacolonia.com.uy, January 2019
- ↑ Observador, El. "Encontraron el cuerpo de Franco Acosta, que había desaparecido en el arroyo Pando". El Observador. Retrieved 8 March 2021.