Noé Acosta Rivera (born 10 December 1983) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for CA Pinto as a

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. Safe for one year in Romania with

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

and another in India with

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, he spent his entire professional career in Greece, mainly with

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

Club career

Spain

Acosta was born in

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. In his country, the

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youth graduate played exclusively in the lower leagues. Acosta started in 2002 with

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, going on to represent

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Real Murcia Imperial Real Murcia Club de Fútbol "B", also known as Real Murcia Imperial is a spanish football team based in Murcia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1922, it is the reserve team of Real Murcia and plays in Tercera División – Group 13, holdin ...

RSD Alcalá Real Sociedad Deportiva Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Henares in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 1929 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 7, holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal del Val'', with a capac ...

– his only

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experience, suffering team relegation at the end of the 2005–06 season –

UD Almería B Unión Deportiva Almería "B" is a Spanish football team based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2001, it is the reserve team of UD Almería and currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 9, holding home game ...

and

Motril CF Motril Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Motril, Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1984 and dissolved in 2012, it held home matches at ''Estadio Escribano Castilla'', with a capacity of 4,400 seats. ...

Romania

Acosta moved abroad in January 2010, signing with

FC Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first tier of the Romanian ...

from Romania. He helped them promote to

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, contributing 14 games and two goals to the feat. In his second year, Acosta appeared in ten matches as his team finished in eighth position, two points ahead of neighbouring

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. This marked his first top-flight experience, at the age of 26.

Greece

Again in the January

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Acosta moved to

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in 2011, starting with Olympiacos Volou 1937 FC. He still competed in the

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with the side, scoring in a 3–0 away win against

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in the third qualifying round, but moved in September to fellow

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club Aris Thessaloniki FC. Acosta competed in both major levels in the following years, representing

Levadiakos FC Levadiakos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, af ...

, Olympiakos Volou and PAS Giannina FC. On 25 August 2015 he renewed his contract with the latter until 2017, for an undisclosed fee. On 21 June 2017, the 33-year-old Acosta moved to newly promoted

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. For the following campaign, he joined

Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. AEL Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΑΕΛ), also known by its full name Athlitiki Enosi Larissas ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λάρισας, translation=Athletic Union of Larissa), simply called AEL or Larissa, is a Greek professional footb ...

also in the top tier on a one-year deal.

India

On 4 June 2019, Acosta signed a one-year contract with

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club

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Acosta, Noe 1983 births Living people People from Guadalajara, Spain Sportspeople from the Province of Guadalajara Spanish footballers Footballers from Castilla–La Mancha Association football midfielders Segunda División B players Tercera División players Atlético Madrid C players Real Murcia Imperial players RSD Alcalá players UD Almería B players Motril CF players Liga I players Liga II players FC Universitatea Cluj players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Olympiacos Volos F.C. players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Levadiakos F.C. players PAS Giannina F.C. players PAS Lamia 1964 players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Indian Super League players Jamshedpur FC players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India