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Full name | Lautaro Germán Acosta | |||||||||||
Date of birth | 14 March 1988 | |||||||||||
Place of birth | Glew, Argentina | |||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Lanús | |||||||||||
Number | 7 | |||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||
Lanús | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
2006–2008 | Lanús | 55 | (5) | |||||||||
2008–2013 | Sevilla | 23 | (0) | |||||||||
2011–2012 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 21 | (2) | |||||||||
2012–2013 | → Boca Juniors (loan) | 22 | (0) | |||||||||
2013– | Lanús | 95 | (23) | |||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||
2007 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (1) | |||||||||
2008 | Argentina Olympic | 4 | (3) | |||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. |
Lautaro Germán Acosta (born 14 March 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Club Atlético Lanús as a forward.
Born in Glew, Buenos Aires, Almirante Brown Partido, Acosta came through the youth system at Club Atlético Lanús, making his senior debuts at the age of 18. As the club was often forced to sell its best players, he quickly became an important part of the first team.
Acosta was part of the Lanús squad that won the 2007 Apertura tournament, their first ever Primera División title. In May 2007, he suffered a serious cheekbone injury, and had to wear a specially-fitted face mask for two months.
On 29 May 2008, aged 20, Acosta signed for La Liga team Sevilla FC on a five-year contract, for a reported fee of €7 million subject to a medical. Shortly after his arrival in Andalusia, he suffered a serious injury and never fully recovered, his best output consisting of ten league games in 2010–11 (267 minutes, only two starts).
On 4 February 2009, Acosta scored his first – and only – goal for Sevilla, in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals, a 2–1 home win against Athletic Bilbao but an eventual 2–4 aggregate loss. In July 2011 he was loaned to fellow league side Racing de Santander, joining compatriots Ariel Nahuelpan and Héctor Cúper (manager); he started and netted on his official debut for the Cantabrians, in a 3–4 away loss to Valencia CF.