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

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for

Coslada Coslada () is a city and municipality in the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It has an area of 11.7 km2. The is located in Coslada, which has become a major logistics hub in the country. Due to the area's close proximity to th ...

as a

left midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

. Safe for one year in Romania with Universitatea Cluj and another in India with

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (; ), also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, largest city in the state of Jharkhand. With a population of 629,658 in the city limits and 1.3 million ...

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

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club (), or with its full name Panipirotikós Athlitikós Síllogos Giánnina (, ''Panepirotic Athletic Club Giannina'') is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Ioannina, the capita ...

Club career

Spain

Acosta was born in

Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha Guadalajara ( , ) is a city and municipality in Spain, located in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. It is the capital of the Province of Guadalajara. Guadalajara lies on the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at roughly metr ...

. In his country, the

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

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

CD Colonia Moscardó The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) standard and was capable of holding of uncompr ...

, going on to represent Atlético Madrid C, Real Murcia Imperial,

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

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

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

UD Almería B Unión Deportiva Almería "B" is a List of football clubs in Spain, 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 , holding home gam ...

and Motril CF.

Romania

Acosta moved abroad in January 2010, signing with

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

from Romania. He helped them promote to

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

, 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

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

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

Greece

Again in the January

transfer window In association football, a transfer window is the period during the year in which a football club, club can add players to their squad who were previously under contract with another club. Such a Transfer (association football), transfer is comp ...

free agent In professional sports, a free agent is a player or manager who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under a contract at present ...

Acosta moved to

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

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

2011–12 UEFA Europa League The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League was the third season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 41st edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began on 30 June 2011 with ...

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

FC Differdange 03 Foussballclub Differdange 03 is a professional association football, football club based in Differdange, Luxembourg. The club currently competes in Luxembourg National Division, the highest division in Luxembourg. Founded in 2003, FDC03 played i ...

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

Super League Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of twelve t ...

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

PAS Lamia 1964 Lamia Football Club () is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Lamia (city), Lamia, Greece. It was founded in 1964. The club plays in the Super League Greece 2, Super League 2, the second tier of Greek football. It ...

. For the following campaign, he joined Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. also in the top tier on a one-year deal.

India

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

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is a professional association football league in India and the highest level of the Indian football league system. Administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partner Football Sport ...

club

Jamshedpur FC Jamshedpur Football Club (, ) is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football league system, Indian football. Founde ...

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Acosta, Noe 1983 births Living people People from Guadalajara, Spain Footballers from the Province of Guadalajara Spanish men's footballers Men's 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 men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India 21st-century Spanish sportsmen