Avelino Acosta, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Avelino Acosta

Paraguayan footballer

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1917

Date of Death: 01-Aug-2008

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Paraguay

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Andrés Avelino Acosta Parra (10 November 1917 – August 2008) was a Paraguayan football (soccer) player that also defended his country during the Chaco War.As a footballer, Acosta played for Club Oriental, Cerro Porteño, Atlántida SC and most importantly for Atlético Corrales where he was part of the longest tour by a Paraguayan team around Latin American (it lasted 1 year and 15 days).
Acosta also played in several occasions for the Paraguay national football team, including the 1942 Copa America.
He played as a defender.