Santiago Acasiete
Personal information
Full name	Wilmer Santiago Acasiete Ariadela
Date of birth	November 22, 1977 (1977-11-22) (age 32)
Place of birth	Callao, Peru
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	UD Almería
Number	18
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001 2002 2003-2004 2004-	Deportivo Wanka Universitario Cienciano UD Almería	42 (3) 37 (2) 55 (8) 128 (12)
National team2
2004-	Peru	27 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 September 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17 July 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Wilmer Santiago Acasiete Ariadela (born November 22, 1977 in Callao) is a Peruvian football central defender.

Currently with UD Almería in the Spanish first division, he also holds a Spanish passport.^[1]

[edit] Club career

Acasiete started playing professionally with lowly Deportivo Wanka, moving in the following year to Universitario de Deportes. After another sole season, he joined Cienciano del Cuzco, helping the former country capital side to the 2003 South American Cup and the 2004 South American Supercup.

In 2004-05, Acasiete joined Spain's Unión Deportiva Almería, then in the second level. He was an important defensive element in the Andalusians first ever promotion to the top flight, in 2007, appearing slightly less in the subsequent seasons although, in his first top level campaign in Spain, he managed to award his team six points with last minute home strikes against Sevilla FC and Villarreal CF (both 1-0).

[edit] International career

Acasiete played for Peru in the Copa América 2004 and 2007.

On December 7, 2007, he was found guilty of having introduced women and alcohol into the national squad's hotel two days before Peru's away drubbing at the hands of Ecuador (5-1), and was thus suspended 18 months (1.5 years) from international competition (national sides only).^[2]

On July 3, 2008, after an investigation and a review of the facts, the suspension was changed to three months (from the date of appeal in April, 2008), with a $10,000 fine.

[edit] Honours

• South American Cup: 2003
• South American Supercup: 2004

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• BDFutbol profile
• DelGol profile (Spanish)
• NationalFootballTeams data

v • d • e Peru squad – 2004 Copa América 1 Ibáñez • 2 Acasiete • 3 Rebosio • 4 Soto • 5 Hidalgo • 6 Vílchez • 7 Solano • 8 Jayo • 9 Maestri • 10 Palacios • 11 Olcese • 12 Delgado • 13 la Rosa • 14 Pizarro • 15 Salas • 16 Mendoza • 17 Farfán • 18 Pedro García • 19 Ciurlizza • 20 Zegarra • 21 Butrón • 22 Julio García • Coach: Autuori

v • d • e Peru squad – 2007 Copa América 1 Butrón • 2 Villalta • 3 Acasiete • 4 Vílchez • 5 Rodríguez • 6 Herrera • 7 Cespedes • 8 Bazalar • 9 Guerrero • 10 Mariño • 11 Zúñiga • 12 Forsyth • 13 de la Haza • 14 Pizarro • 15 Villamarín • 16 Mendoza • 17 Farfán • 18 García • 19 Ísmodes • 20 Jiménez • 21 Juan Flores • 22 Galliquio • Coach: Uribe

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