Nelson Bonifacio Acosta López, nicknamed ''Pelado Acosta'' (''Bald'' Acosta), (born 12 June 1944 in Paso de los Toros,

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) is a former

an-born Chilean football manager and footballer. He became a naturalized

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an citizen in 1984 and managed several football teams. He is now retired.

Career

He managed the national team of

from 1996 to 2001, leading them to the 1998 FIFA World Cup despite having only managed one professional team before taking over the Chile job. He took over Bolivia in 2004, but seriously failed and returned to manage Chile in 2005. In July 2007 Acosta resigned from managing the Chile national team soon after the Copa América, the latter was held in

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. In September 2007, he was appointed manager of Corporación Deportiva Everton de Viña del Mar, 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

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. In late 2010, he switched to manage

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, but was sacked in April 2012. He returned to

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in January 2014 but left nearly 9 months later to manage current club

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Personal life

Acosta naturalized Chilean by residence. Before beginning his career as coach, he owned a boutique in Concepción what he managed while he played for Lota Schwager. Since 2016, he suffers the Alzheimer's disease.

Honours

Player

Club

;Peñarol * Primera División (3):

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

, 1974,

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

Managerial

Club

;Unión Española *

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(2): 1992,

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

;Cobreloa *

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(2): 2003–A, 2004–C ;Everton *

(1): 2008–A

International

;Chile * Summer Olympics Tournament Bronze Medal (1):

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

References

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