| Nicolás Acosta | |
| Full Name: | Nicolás Santiago Acosta |
| Birth Date: | 1996 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Rosario, Argentina |
| Position: | Midfield |
| Clubs1: | Jockey Club |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Argentina U–21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 8 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018– |
| Nationalteam2: | Argentina |
| Nationalcaps2: | 30 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 6 |
Nicolás Santiago Acosta is an Argentine field hockey player.[1] [2]
Nicolás Acosta was born on 7 July 1996, in Rosario, Santa Fe.[3] [4]
Acosta made his international debut at under-21 level, making his first appearance in 2016. He was a member of the gold medal-winning squad at the Pan American Junior Championship in Toronto.[5] [6] Later in the year he represented the team again at the FIH Junior World Cup in Lucknow.[7]
Acosta received his first call-up to the Los Leones squad in 2018.[1] He was a member of the squad that won gold at the South American Games in Cochabamba.[7] [8] [9]
Since his debut, Acosta has regularly been included in international squads, appearing in three seasons of the FIH Pro League.[7] In 2022 he won his second medal at a major tournament, taking home gold at his second South American Games from the tournament in Asunción.[10]
Goal | Date | Location | width=90 | Opponent | data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%" | Score | data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%" | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 June 2018 | Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba, Bolivia | 3–0 | 12–0 | [11] | |||||
| 2 | 19 March 2022 | Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India | 1–1 | 2–2 | [12] | |||||
| 3 | 3 October 2022 | Parque Olímpico, Asunción, Paraguay | 5–0 | 17–0 | [13] | |||||
| 4 | 5 October 2022 | 7–0 | 17–0 | [14] | ||||||
| 5 | 9 October 2022 | 3–0 | 12–0 | [15] | ||||||
| 6 | 7–0 |