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{{short description|Argentine footballer (born 1966)}}
{{other people|Alberto Acosta}}
{{family name hatnote|Acosta|Tabizzi|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alberto Acosta
| image = 
| full_name = Alberto Federico Acosta Tabizzi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|8|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Arocena, Argentina
| height = 1.77 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1984–1986
| youthclubs1 = 9 Julio Arocena
| years1 = 1986–1988
| years2 = 1988–1990
| years3 = 1990–1991
| years4 = 1991–1993
| years5 = 1993–1994
| years6 = 1994–1995
| years7 = 1996
| years8 = 1996–1997
| years9 = 1997–1998
| years10 = 1998–2001
| years11 = 2001–2004
| years12 = 2009
| clubs1 = [[Unión de Santa Fe|Unión Santa Fe]]
| clubs2 = [[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
| clubs3 = [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]]
| clubs4 = [[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
| clubs5 = [[Boca Juniors]]
| clubs6 = [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]]
| clubs7 = [[Yokohama F. Marinos|Yokohama Marinos]]
| clubs8 = [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]]
| clubs9 = [[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
| clubs10 = [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting CP]]
| clubs11 = [[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
| clubs12 = [[Club Atlético Fénix|Fénix]]
| caps1 = 71
| caps2 = 64
| caps3 = 38
| caps4 = 41
| caps5 = 34
| caps6 = 45
| caps7 = 21
| caps8 = 25
| caps9 = 32
| caps10 = 78
| caps11 = 77
| caps12 = 6
| totalcaps = 532
| goals1 = 15
| goals2 = 34
| goals3 = 6
| goals4 = 19
| goals5 = 10
| goals6 = 43
| goals7 = 10
| goals8 = 12
| goals9 = 17
| goals10 = 39
| goals11 = 32
| goals12 = 2
| totalgoals = 239
| nationalyears1 = 1992–1995
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 19
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| manageryears1 = 2006–2007
| manageryears2 = 2007–2009
| manageryears3 = 2009–2011
| managerclubs1 = [[FCM Dunărea Galaţi|Dunărea Galaţi]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Club Atlético Fénix|Fénix]] (assistant)
| managerclubs3 = [[Club Atlético Fénix|Fénix]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1993 Copa América|1993 	Ecuador]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992 Saudi Arabia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993 Argentina]]|}}
}}

'''Alberto Federico 'Beto' Acosta Tabizzi''' (born 23 August 1966) is an Argentine former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]].

In a professional career which spanned 18 years (nearly 700 official games and more than 250 goals), he played for [[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]] in four different spells. Additionally, he represented clubs in France, [[Chile]], Japan and [[Portugal]].

Acosta appeared with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in two [[Copa América]] tournaments.

==Club career==
Born in Arocena, [[Santa Fe Province]], Acosta started playing professionally at [[Unión de Santa Fe]], making his [[Argentine Primera División|top division]] debut one month shy of his 20th birthday, in a 0–0 home draw against [[Argentinos Juniors]].<ref name="GOODBYE">[http://www.familia.cl/ContenedorTmp/Beto/beto.htm Alberto Acosta le dijo adiós al fútbol...y su nombre quedó escrito en la historia (Alberto Acosta said goodbye to football...and his name entered the history books)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313001158/http://www.familia.cl/ContenedorTmp/Beto/beto.htm |date=13 March 2007 }}; Familia (in Spanish)</ref> Two years later he transferred to [[San Lorenzo de Almagro]], scoring 34 goals in his first two seasons combined, that being the first of the four spells with the club in an 18-year career.

In 1990 Acosta had his first abroad experience, with France's [[Toulouse FC]]. After a poor [[1990–91 French Division 1|second season]] he left in December 1991, having played in seven matches with just one goal, with the club eventually ranking 16th – he returned to San Lorenzo, where he scored a further 19 league goals, which earned him a transfer to country giants [[Boca Juniors]].

Acosta spent the following three years out of Argentina, starting and ending with [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica]] in Chile where he rejoined former San Lorenzo teammate [[Néstor Gorosito]]. In 1994, he was crowned the top scorer in South American football, netting 33 times in only 25 matches.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/samgboot.html|title=South American Topscorers|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> Also during that debut campaign, he was unable to further help the team for five matches (four after assaulting [[C.F. Universidad de Chile]]'s [[Luis Musrri]]); in between his spell with Universidad, he played in the [[J1 League]] for [[Yokohama F. Marinos|Yokohama Marinos]].

In December 1998, Acosta signed with [[Sporting Clube de Portugal]]. In [[1999–2000 Primeira Liga|his first full season]], the 33-year-old striker scored 22 goals, helping the [[Lisbon]] side to the [[Primeira Liga]] championship after an 18-year wait. He added 14 the following campaign, but was deemed surplus to requirements after the signing of [[Mário Jardel]], and returned to San Lorenzo for the fourth and last time, netting always in double digits until his 2004 retirement at the age of 37. Although still physically fit, the scorer of 300 goals in 666 official games opted to retire, instead of being coerced into retirement later on.<ref name="GOODBYE"/>

Acosta kickstarted his managerial career in [[Romania]], with [[FCM Dunărea Galaţi]]. In the 2007 summer he returned to his country, joining [[Primera C|fourth division]] team [[Club Atlético Fénix]]'s coaching staff and coming out of retirement for a few months.<ref>[http://pasado.eldia.com/edis/20090116/20090116105610.htm Ex jugador de la selección jugará en un equipo de Primera C (Former national team player with play in ''Primera C'' team)]; El Día, 16 January 2009 (in Spanish)</ref>

==International career==
Having collected 19 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] during three years, Acosta represented the nation in two [[Copa América]] tournaments. In the [[1993 Copa América|1993 edition]] in Ecuador, he converted his [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout]] attempts in both the quarter-finals and the semifinals, as the nation eventually emerged victorious.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/93safull.html |title=Copa América 1993 |access-date=16 June 2015 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321081724/http://rsssf.com/tables/93safull.html |archive-date=21 March 2009 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Unión de Santa Fe]]
|1986–87
|rowspan="2"|[[Argentine Primera División]]
|39||7
|-
|1987–88
|32||8
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!71!!15
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
|1988–89
|rowspan="2"|Argentine Primera División
|36||19
|-
|1989–90
|28||15
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!64!!34
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]]
|1990–91
|rowspan="2"|[[Ligue 1]]
|31||6
|-
|1991–92
|7||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!38!!6
|-
|rowspan="3"|San Lorenzo
|1991–92
|rowspan="2"|Argentine Primera División
|21||7
|-
|1992–93
|19||12
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!40!!19
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Boca Juniors]]
|1992–93
|rowspan="2"|Argentine Primera División
|18||7
|-
|1993–94
|16||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!32!!11
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica|Universidad Católica]]
|1994
|rowspan="2"|[[Chilean Primera División]]
|25||33
|-
|1995
|20||10
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!45!!43
|-
|[[Yokohama F. Marinos|Yokohama Marinos]]
|[[1996 Yokohama Marinos season|1996]]
|[[J1 League]]
|21||10
|-
|Universidad Católica
|1997
|Chilean Primera División
|25||12
|-
|rowspan="3"|San Lorenzo
|1997–98
|rowspan="2"|Argentine Primera División
|19||9
|-
|1998–99
|13||8
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!32!!17
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Sporting CP]]
|1998–99
|rowspan="3"|[[Primeira Liga]]
|13||3
|-
|1999–2000
|33||22
|-
|2000–01
|32||14
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!78!!39
|-
|rowspan="4"|San Lorenzo
|2001–02
|rowspan="3"|Argentine Primera División
|29||11
|-
|2002–03
|30||11
|-
|2003–04
|18||10
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!77!!31
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!525!!238
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|1992||6||1
|-
|1993||9||0
|-
|1994||0||0
|-
|1995||4||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!19!!3
|}

==Honours==
'''Universidad Católica'''
*[[Copa Chile]]: [[1995 Copa Chile|1995]]
*[[Chilean Primera División]]: [[1997 Primera División of Chile|Apertura 1997]]
*[[Copa Interamericana]]: [[1993 Copa Interamericana|1993]]

'''Sporting CP'''
*[[Primeira Liga]]: [[1999–2000 Primeira Liga|1999–2000]]
*[[Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira]]: [[2000 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|2000]]

'''San Lorenzo'''
*[[Copa Sudamericana]]: [[2002 Copa Sudamericana|2002]]
*[[Copa Mercosur]]: [[2001 Copa Mercosur|2001]]

'''Argentina'''
*[[Kirin Cup]]: [[Kirin Cup#1992 Kirin Cup|1992]]
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]: [[1992 FIFA Confederations Cup|1992]]
*[[Copa América]]: [[1993 Copa América|1993]]
*[[Artemio Franchi Cup]]: [[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Argentine Primera División]] top scorer: [[1992–93 Argentine Primera División|Apertura 1992]] (12 goals)
*[[Chilean Primera División]] Player of the Year: 1994
*[[Chilean Primera División]] top scorer: [[1994 Primera División of Chile|1994]] (33 goals)
*[[Copa Chile]] top scorer: [[1995 Copa Chile|1995]] (10 goals)
*[[List of Copa Libertadores top scorers|Copa Libertadores top scorer]]: [[1997 Copa Libertadores|1997]] (11 goals)
*[[Sporting Clube de Portugal#Player of the Year|Francisco Stromp Award]]: 2000

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060630140119/http://www.futbolpasion.com/jugadores/cracoses.html Stats at FutbolPasion] {{in lang|es}}
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*{{NFT player|12615}}
*{{FIFA player|78052}}
*{{J.League player}}

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