Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jhonny Acosta Zamora [1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 July 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Santa Ana | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Deportivo Saprissa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2004–2010 | Santos de Guápiles | 77 | (0) |
2010–2016 | Alajuelense | 192 | (12) |
2013 | → Dorados (loan) | 10 | (2) |
2016–2018 | Herediano | 32 | (4) |
2018 | Rionegro Águilas | 15 | (0) |
2018–2019 | East Bengal | 21 | (2) |
2019–2020 | UCR | 15 | (0) |
2020 | East Bengal | 1 | (0) |
2020 | Deportivo Saprissa | 13 | (1) |
2021 | Pérez Zeledón | 8 | (0) |
2023- | Santa Ana | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2020 | Costa Rica | 71 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2018 |
Jhonny Acosta Zamora (born 21 July 1983) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a defender for Santa Ana. [2] [3]
Acosta made his professional debut for Santos de Guápiles in the 2004/05 season and left them in 2010 for Alajuelense with whom he won three league titles. In January 2013, he moved abroad to have a six-month loan spell at Mexican second division side Dorados. [4]
On 8 September 2016, Acosta joined Herediano. [5] On 29 November 2017, he renewed his contract for another year. [6] On 10 January, he switched to Colombian club Rionegro Águilas. [7]
On 11 July 2018, Acosta joined Indian club East Bengal Club for a fee of ₹1.36 crore (US$170,000). [8] [9] He was issued the number 2 jersey. [10] On 2 September, he made his debut for the club and scored a goal in a 2–2 draw against Mohun Bagan in the Kolkata derby at the Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta Football League. [11] On 16 April 2019, he left the club. [12]
On 26 June 2019, Acosta signed with Costa Rican club UCR. [13] On 6 March 2020, he returned to East Bengal until the end of the season as a replacement for Liberian Ansumana Kromah. [14]
A relatively late newcomer to the national team set-up, Acosta made his debut for Costa Rica in a March 2011 friendly match against Argentina, aged 27. He has represented his country in seven FIFA World Cup qualification matches [15] and played at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup [16] and the 2011 Copa América. [17] On 6 September 2013, he scored his first goal for Los Ticos in a 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory against the United States in San José.
In June 2014, Acosta was included in Costa Rica's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup [18] and made his debut in the competition during the round of 16 match against Greece as a substitute after the sending off of teammate Óscar Duarte. [19] He was in the starting line-up for the quarter-final against the Netherlands, where he helped the team to a clean sheet in a 3–4 penalty shoot-out loss. [20]
In May 2018, Acosta was named in Costa Rica’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [21] He played the whole of the team's group stage matches against Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland. [22]
Costa Rica | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2011 | 12 | 0 |
2012 | 4 | 0 |
2013 | 7 | 1 |
2014 | 9 | 0 |
2015 | 6 | 0 |
2016 | 11 | 1 |
2017 | 15 | 0 |
2018 | 7 | 0 |
Total | 71 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 6 September 2013 | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica | United States | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 26 March 2016 | Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica | Jamaica | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Jhonny Acosta Zamora [1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 July 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Santa Ana | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Deportivo Saprissa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2004–2010 | Santos de Guápiles | 77 | (0) |
2010–2016 | Alajuelense | 192 | (12) |
2013 | → Dorados (loan) | 10 | (2) |
2016–2018 | Herediano | 32 | (4) |
2018 | Rionegro Águilas | 15 | (0) |
2018–2019 | East Bengal | 21 | (2) |
2019–2020 | UCR | 15 | (0) |
2020 | East Bengal | 1 | (0) |
2020 | Deportivo Saprissa | 13 | (1) |
2021 | Pérez Zeledón | 8 | (0) |
2023- | Santa Ana | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2020 | Costa Rica | 71 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2018 |
Jhonny Acosta Zamora (born 21 July 1983) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a defender for Santa Ana. [2] [3]
Acosta made his professional debut for Santos de Guápiles in the 2004/05 season and left them in 2010 for Alajuelense with whom he won three league titles. In January 2013, he moved abroad to have a six-month loan spell at Mexican second division side Dorados. [4]
On 8 September 2016, Acosta joined Herediano. [5] On 29 November 2017, he renewed his contract for another year. [6] On 10 January, he switched to Colombian club Rionegro Águilas. [7]
On 11 July 2018, Acosta joined Indian club East Bengal Club for a fee of ₹1.36 crore (US$170,000). [8] [9] He was issued the number 2 jersey. [10] On 2 September, he made his debut for the club and scored a goal in a 2–2 draw against Mohun Bagan in the Kolkata derby at the Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta Football League. [11] On 16 April 2019, he left the club. [12]
On 26 June 2019, Acosta signed with Costa Rican club UCR. [13] On 6 March 2020, he returned to East Bengal until the end of the season as a replacement for Liberian Ansumana Kromah. [14]
A relatively late newcomer to the national team set-up, Acosta made his debut for Costa Rica in a March 2011 friendly match against Argentina, aged 27. He has represented his country in seven FIFA World Cup qualification matches [15] and played at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup [16] and the 2011 Copa América. [17] On 6 September 2013, he scored his first goal for Los Ticos in a 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory against the United States in San José.
In June 2014, Acosta was included in Costa Rica's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup [18] and made his debut in the competition during the round of 16 match against Greece as a substitute after the sending off of teammate Óscar Duarte. [19] He was in the starting line-up for the quarter-final against the Netherlands, where he helped the team to a clean sheet in a 3–4 penalty shoot-out loss. [20]
In May 2018, Acosta was named in Costa Rica’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [21] He played the whole of the team's group stage matches against Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland. [22]
Costa Rica | ||
---|---|---|
Year | Apps | Goals |
2011 | 12 | 0 |
2012 | 4 | 0 |
2013 | 7 | 1 |
2014 | 9 | 0 |
2015 | 6 | 0 |
2016 | 11 | 1 |
2017 | 15 | 0 |
2018 | 7 | 0 |
Total | 71 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 6 September 2013 | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica | United States | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 26 March 2016 | Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica | Jamaica | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |