Wendy Acosta

Wendy Patricia Acosta Salas (born 19 December 1989) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Costa Rica women's national football team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Acosta and the second or maternal family name is Salas.
Wendy Acosta
Personal information
Full name Wendy Patricia Acosta Salas. [1]
Date of birth (1989-12-19) 19 December 1989[1]
Place of birth San Sebastián, Costa Rica[2]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 UD Moravia
Number 20
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Universidad de Costa Rica
2012 VCU Rams (9[3])
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
UD Moravia
2015–2016 UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur (1)
National team
2007– Costa Rica 59 [4] (18)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

University of Costa Rica

Acosta attended the University of Costa Rica.[5]

International

On 28 April 2010, Acosta made her international debut against Honduras.[6] On 7 October 2011, she scored her first ever international goal against El Salvador.[6] In the following matches against Honduras and Guatemala, she again scored a goal in each match.[6] Then on 22 January 2012, she scored a brace against Haiti.[6] On 7 March, she scored a hat-trick against Belize, with goals in the twenty-sixth, forty-fourth and sixty-fifth minute during a match in which Costa Rica won 14–0.[7] She would continue her scoring, as she found the net in consecutive matches against El Salvador and Panama.[6]

On 16 March 2013, Acosta scored twice in a match against Nicaragua.[6] There she found the net in the first half of the match, in the fourteenth and twentieth minute. Costa Rica won that match 4–0.[8] She again scored in a 6–1 victory for Costa Rica against Martinique, finding the net in the thirty-second minute before she was substituted for Carol Sanchez in the sixty-second minute.[9] Through victory in that match, Costa Rica was "one match away from" the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[10] On 5 March 2015, Acosta scored a single goal against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which helped Costa Rica win a match in the Istria Cup.[11]

Club

In 2015, Acosta was invited for a trial by Swedish club AIK Fotboll Dam.[12]

After scoring a goal, Acosta "always [points] to the sky" to remember her father, who died due to a heart ailment in 2011. She has also said that she plays football because her "dad played".[13]

Honours
Costa Rica

Winner

References
  1. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. "Yo Soy". Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. "VCU Women's Soccer Awards". Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. "Canada vs Costa Rica in 2017 International Friendly". Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. "Futbolista Wendy Acosta simboliza a una Selección valiente y comprometida con su sueño" (in Spanish). Crhoy. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  6. "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  7. "Costa Rica vs Belize". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  8. "Costa Rica vs Nicaragua". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  9. "Costa Rica vs Martinique". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  10. "Costa Rica's Ticas one match away from FIFA World Cup Canada 2015". Tico Times. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  11. "Costa Rica women beat Bosnia in Istria Cup". CONCACAF. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  12. "Nuevo reto para la jugadora nacional" [New challenge for international player] (in Spanish). Sports. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  13. "Acosta has motivations beyond country". CONCACAF. Retrieved 30 March 2015.


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