Jhonny Acosta Zamora (born 21 July 1983) is a Costa Rican professional

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who plays as a defender for the Costa Rica national team.

Club career

Acosta made his professional debut for

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in the 2004/05 season and left them in 2010 for

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with whom he won three league titles. In January 2013, he moved abroad to have a six-month loan spell at Mexican second division side

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. On 8 September 2016, Acosta joined

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. On 29 November 2017, he renewed his contract for another year. On 10 January, he switched to Colombian club Rionegro Águilas.

East Bengal

On 11 July 2018, Acosta joined Indian club

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for a fee of . He was issued the number 2 jersey. On 2 September, he made his debut for the club and scored a goal in a 2–2 draw against

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in the

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at the Salt Lake Stadium in

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. On 16 April 2019, he left the club. On 26 June 2019, Acosta signed with Costa Rican club UCR. On 6 March 2020, he returned to East Bengal until the end of the season as a replacement for Liberian

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International career

A relatively late newcomer to the national team set-up, Acosta made his debut for Costa Rica in a March 2011

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against

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, aged 27. He has represented his country in seven FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the

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and the 2011 Copa América. On 6 September 2013, he scored his first goal for ''Los Ticos'' in a 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory against the

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in San José. In June 2014, Acosta was included in Costa Rica's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and made his debut in the competition during the

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match against

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as a substitute after the sending off of teammate Óscar Duarte. He was in the starting line-up for the

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against the

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, where he helped the team to a clean sheet in a 3–4

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loss.

In May 2018, Acosta was named in Costa Rica’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in

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. He played the whole of the team's group stage matches against

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and Switzerland.

Career statistics

International

:''Statistics accurate as of match played 27 June 2018.'' :''Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

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