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Avelino Acosta

Avelino Acosta

Paraguayan footballer (1917-2008)

Andrés Avelino Acosta Parra (10 November 1917 – August 2008) was a Paraguayan Association football player that also defended his country during the Chaco War.[1]

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As a footballer, Acosta played for Club Oriental, Cerro Porteño, Atlántida SC and most importantly for Atlético Corrales[2] where he was part of the longest tour by a Paraguay national team around Latin American (it lasted 1 year and 15 days).[3] Acosta also played in several occasions for the Paraguay national football team, including the 1942 Copa America.[4] He played as a defender.

References

  1. [1]
    Nos dejó otro héroe de la Guerra del Chaco (in Spanish)
  2. [2]
    Nos dejo Avelino Acosta (in Spanish)
  3. [3]
    Atlético Corrales y su increíble aventura (in Spanish)
  4. [4]
    Copa America 1942 rosters at RSSSF by Martín Tabeira


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