Lautaro Acosta
Personal information
Full name	Lautaro Germán Acosta
Date of birth	March 14, 1988 (1988-03-14) (age 21)
Place of birth	Glew, Argentina
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder / Striker
Club information
Current club	Sevilla
Number	21
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-2008 2008-	Lanús Sevilla	52 (5) 09 (0)
National team2
2007- 2008-	Argentina U20 Argentina U23	12 (1) 04 (3)
Competitor for  Argentina
Men's Football
Gold	2008 Beijing	Team Competition
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 June 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14 April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Lautaro Acosta (born March 14, 1988, in Glew, Almirante Brown Partido) is an Argentine football midfielder/striker. He currently plays for Sevilla FC of La Liga.

[edit] Club career

[edit] Lanús

Acosta came through the youth system at Lanús to make his professional debut in 2006. He quickly became an important part of the first team due to the fact that Lanús are a club that often sell their best players.

Acosta was part of the Lanús squad that won the Apertura 2007 tournament, the clubs first ever top flight league title.

In May 2007, Acosta suffered a serious cheekbone injury and had to wear a specially fitted face mask for 2 months.

[edit] Sevilla FC

On May 29, 2008, Acosta signed for La Liga team Sevilla on a five-year contract for a reported fee of €7 million, subject to a medical.^[1]

[edit] International

In 2007 Acosta was picked to join the Argentina Under-20 squad to compete in the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay. He headed the only goal in the last game against Uruguay to secure Argentina's qualification for both 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2008 Olympic Games.

Later in 2007 he was part of the Argentina squad that won the 2007 U-20 World Cup title in Canada. He also scored a goal for his country in the first group league game against Côte d'Ivoire in a 2–1 win in the Beijing Olympics.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
2008	Argentina Under 23	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament
2007	Argentina Under 20	FIFA U-20 World Cup
Apertura 2007	Lanús	Primera División Argentina

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Player profile on the Lanús website (Spanish)

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