Danilo Acosta
Honduran footballer (born 1997)
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Danilo "Danny" Israel Acosta Martínez (born 17 November 1997) is a Honduran former professional footballer.
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Danilo Israel Acosta Martínez[1] | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1997 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Pedro Sula, Honduras | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Real Salt Lake AZ | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Real Monarchs | 26 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Real Salt Lake | 29 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2019 | → Orlando City (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2020–2021 | LA Galaxy | 2 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2021 | LA Galaxy II | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2022 | Orange County SC | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | United States U20 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2021 | Honduras | 2 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:36, 23 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 01:38, 6 September 2021 (UTC) | |||||||||||
Club career
After spending time with Real Salt Lake's academy in Arizona, and United Soccer League affiliate, Real Monarchs, Acosta signed a Homegrown Player contract with the club on 29 December 2015.[2]
On 28 December 2018, Acosta joined Orlando City SC on a season-long loan with an option to make the transfer permanent at the end of the season, in exchange for $75,000 of General Allocation Money.[3] Orlando declined to make the transfer permanent.[4] Acosta's contract option with Real Salt Lake was also declined, leaving him as a free agent at the end of the 2019 season.[5]
On 25 November 2019, the LA Galaxy selected Acosta for the end of year Waiver Draft.[6] He officially signed for the club on 8 January 2020.[7] On 15 February Acosta tore his ACL and missed out on the entire 2020 season. Following the 2021 season, Acosta was released by the Galaxy.[8]
On 7 January 2022, Acosta signed with USL Championship side Orange County SC ahead of their 2022 season.[9]
International career
Acosta was selected in the United States U18 36-player training camp in October 2014, but has yet to represent the United States.[10] On 3 January 2016, Acosta was named in Tab Ramos' United States U20 January training camp.[11]
Acosta won the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship with the United States, and represented the United States at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[citation needed]
He received his first and so far only call up to the U.S. senior national team camp in January 2018.[12]
With no senior caps to his name, Acosta remained eligible for his country of birth and was selected to represent Honduras at the 2019 Gold Cup.[13][14] Having failed to make an appearance for the team, Acosta declined to sign a letter of intent from FIFA confirming his one-time switch of allegiance to Honduras following their elimination from the competition.[15]
On 16 June 2021, the Football Federation of Honduras declared that Acosta had decided to, permanently, represent Honduras at the international level and that FIFA had, already, approved his petition.[16][17] He debuted with Honduras in a 0–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with El Salvador on 5 September 2021.[18]
Club statistics
- As of 18 July 2019
| Club | Season | Division | Domestic league | Domestic cup | Playoffs | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Real Monarchs | 2015 | USL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Real Salt Lake | 2016 | MLS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Real Monarchs (loan) | 2016 | USL | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Orlando City (loan) | 2019 | MLS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| LA Galaxy | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 63 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||
Honors
United States U20
