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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Acosta and the second or maternal family name is López.
Nelson Acosta Personal information Full name Nelson Bonifacio Acosta López Date of birth June 12, 1944 Place of birth Paso de los Toros, Uruguay Playing position Defensive midfielder/Manager Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1969–1971 Huracán Buceo 1972–1976 Peñarol 1977 Everton de Viña del Mar 1978–1981 O'Higgins 1982–1984 Fernández Vial 1984 Lota Schwager Teams managed 1988–1991 O'Higgins 1992 Unión Española 1992 Cruz Azul 1993 Chile 1993–1996 Unión Española 1996–2000 Chile 2002–2003 Cobreloa 2003–2004 Bolivia 2004–2005 Cobreloa 2005–2007 Chile 2007–2010 Everton Viña 2010- Cobreloa * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:06, 27 November 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Nelson Bonifacio Acosta López, nicknamed Pelado Acosta (Bald Acosta) and "El Ratón" (The Rat), (born 12 June 1944 in Paso de los Toros, Uruguay) is a former Uruguayan football player. He became a nationalized Chilean in 1984 and is currently a football coach.
He managed the national team of Chile from 1996 to 2001, leading them to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He took over Bolivia in 2004, but failed badly and returned to coach Chile in 2005. In July 2007 Acosta resigned from coaching the Chilean national team soon after the Copa America held in Venezuela.
In September 2007, he was appointed manager of Corporación Deportiva Everton de Viña del Mar in Chile, one of the top provincial teams in Chile. On June 3, 2008, he led Everton to their first Chilean League title in 32 years and ended the domestic dominance of Colo Colo.
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Honours
Player
Club
Peñarol- Uruguayan Primera División (3): 1973, 1974, 1975
Managerial
Club
- Copa Chile (2): 1992, 1993
- Chilean Primera División (2): 2003 Apertura, 2004 Clausura
- Chilean Primera División (1): 2008 Apertura
International
- Olympic Games
Bronze Medal (1): 2000 Olympic Games
External links
Nelson Acosta international tournaments Nelson Acosta managerial positions Chile national football team – managers Bertola (1917) · Bertone (1920–22) · Rosetti (1926) · Powell (1928) · Orth (1930–32) · Mazullo (1936–39) · Garay (1941) · Orth (1942–44) · Orth (1948–49) · Bucciardi (1949–50) · Orth (1950–54) · Salerno (1956–57) · Pakozdi (1957) · Riera (1958–62) · Hormazábal (1962–65) · Alamos (1965–66) · Scopelli (1966–67) · Nocetti (1968–69) · Hormazábal (1970) · Riera (1970) · Vera (1971) · Pino (1971–72) · Gutendorf (1972) · Alamos (1973–74) · Morales (1974–75) · Peña (1976–77) · Santibáñez (1977–82) · Ibarra (1982–83) · Carrasco (1984) · Cantatore (1984) · Morales (1985) · Ibarra (1986) · Aravena (1987) · Rodríguez (1987) · Aravena (1988–89) · Salah (1990–93) · Acosta (1993) · Jozić (1994) · Azkargorta (1995–96) · Acosta (1996–2000) · García (2001) · Garcés (2001) · Vaccia (2002) · Olmos (2003–05) · Acosta (2005–07) · Bielsa (2007–11) · Borghi (2011–)
Bolivia national football team – managers Valderrama (1927) · Saucedo (1930) · Borelli (1945) · Lara (1945–46) · Dehaza (1949) · Pretto (1950) · Vicino (1953) · Arraya (1959) · Danilo (1963) · Valda (1965) · Georgiadis (1966–67) · Trigo (1967) · Valda (1969–73) · Gutendorf (1974) · Trigo (1975) · Valda (1975) · Camacho (1977) · Vibra (1977) · Blacutt (1979–81) · Saldanha (1981–82) · Camacho (1983–85) · Rodriguez (1985–87) · Nito Veiga (1987–88) · Habberger (1989–90) · Blacutt (1991–92) · Azkargorta (1993–94) · López Habas (1995) · Drašković (1996) · López Habas (1996–97) · Veira (1998–2000) · Aragonés (2000–01) · Habberger (2001) · Trucco (2001–02) · Soria (2002) · Roque (2003) · Acosta (2003–04) · Blacutt (2004) · Messa (2004–06) · Sánchez (2006–09) · Villegas (2009–10) Quinteros (2010–)
Categories:- 1944 births
- Living people
- Uruguayan footballers
- Lota Schwager players
- Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
- Club Deportivo O'Higgins players
- Everton de Viña del Mar players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Cruz Azul managers
- Uruguayan football managers
- Chilean football managers
- 1998 FIFA World Cup managers
- 1997 Copa América managers
- 1999 Copa América managers
- 2007 Copa América managers
- Chilean people of Uruguayan descent
- Expatriate football managers in Chile
- Chile national football team managers
- Bolivia national football team managers
- Naturalized citizens of Chile
- Chilean football biography stubs
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