| Mateo Acosta | |
| Fullname: | Mateo Agustín Acosta |
| Birth Date: | 22 September 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | San Martín Tucumán |
| Clubnumber: | 20 |
| Years1: | 2013–2014 |
| Caps1: | 24 |
| Goals1: | 13 |
| Years2: | 2014 |
| Clubs2: | Libertad de Sunchales |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Years3: | 2015 |
| Clubs3: | Juventud Unida |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2016 |
| Clubs4: | Guillermo Brown |
| Caps4: | 14 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2016 |
| Clubs5: | Alianza Petrolera |
| Caps5: | 10 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2017 |
| Clubs6: | Almagro |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs7: | Guillermo Brown |
| Caps7: | 35 |
| Goals7: | 7 |
| Years8: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs8: | → Gimnasia de Mendoza (loan) |
| Caps8: | 16 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2020 |
| Clubs9: | Deportivo Madryn |
| Caps9: | 7 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs10: | Brown de Adrogué |
| Caps10: | 57 |
| Goals10: | 16 |
| Years11: | 2023 |
| Clubs11: | Huachipato |
| Caps11: | 10 |
| Goals11: | 2 |
| Years12: | 2023– |
| Clubs12: | San Martín Tucumán |
| Caps12: | 13 |
| Goals12: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 2 May 2024 |
Mateo Agustín Acosta (born 22 September 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for San Martín de Tucumán.
Acosta's career got underway with a 2013–14 spell with Tiro Federal in Torneo Argentino B, where the forward netted thirteen goals in twenty-four matches.[1] Libertad of Torneo Federal A signed him in June 2014, prior to Acosta completing a move to professional football with Juventud Unida on 3 January 2015.[2] His first appearance came against Douglas Haig, with his second match ending with an eighty-ninth minute red card versus Estudiantes.[2] Acosta switched to Guillermo Brown for the 2016 Primera B Nacional, a competition in which he scored in fixtures with Boca Unidos, Los Andes and Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) as they finished in eighth place.[2]
On 7 July 2016, Acosta was signed by Colombia's Alianza Petrolera.[2] He made ten appearances for the Categoría Primera A club, five of which were starts with his final game being an away victory versus Rionegro Águilas on 29 October.[2] In the succeeding February, having terminated his contract in December 2016, Acosta returned to Argentina with Almagro in Primera B Nacional.[3] [4] One goal in thirteen fixtures followed.[2] Guillermo Brown resigned Acosta in August 2017.[2] He bettered his previous season with the club, netting five times across twenty-four matches in 2017–18.[2] July 2018 saw Acosta join Gimnasia y Esgrima on loan.[5]
January 2020 saw Acosta join Deportivo Madryn in Torneo Federal A.[6] His first goal arrived in a win over Deportivo Maipú on 9 February, having made his debut against Atlético Camioneros weeks prior.[2] A move back to the second tier was completed in August as he agreed terms with Brown.[7] [8]
In the second half of 2023, Acosta joined San Martín de Tucumán from Chilean club Huachipato.[9]
His father was Gustavo Jorge Acosta, "Cepillo", a professional futbol player identified with Ferro Carril Oeste, but also played in Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Colombia.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Tiro Federal | 2013–14 | Torneo Argentino B | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | ||
| Libertad | 2014 | Torneo Federal A | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[10] | 0 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Juventud Unida | 2015 | Primera B Nacional | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Guillermo Brown | 2016 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |||
| Alianza Petrolera | 2016 | Categoría Primera A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Almagro | 2016–17 | Primera B Nacional | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Guillermo Brown | 2017–18 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | ||||
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) | 2018–19 | Primera B Nacional | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Deportivo Madryn | 2019–20 | Torneo Federal A | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Brown | 2020–21 | Primera B Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 151 | 30 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 158 | 30 | ||||