Wendy Patricia Acosta Salas (born 19 December 1989) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Herediano FF and the Costa Rica women's national football team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wendy Patricia Acosta Salas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1989[1] | ||
| Place of birth | San Sebastián, Costa Rica[2] | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Herediano FF | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Universidad de Costa Rica | |||
| 2012 | VCU Rams | (9[3]) | |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| UD Moravia | |||
| 2015–2016 | UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur | 13 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2007– | Costa Rica | 59 [4] | (18) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
University of Costa Rica
Acosta attended the University of Costa Rica.[5]
International
On 28 April 2010, Acosta made her international debut against Honduras.[6] On 7 October 2011, she scored her first ever international goal against El Salvador.[6] In the following matches against Honduras and Guatemala, she again scored a goal in each match.[6] Then on 22 January 2012, she scored a brace against Haiti.[6] On 7 March, she scored a hat-trick against Belize, with goals in the twenty-sixth, forty-fourth and sixty-fifth minute during a match in which Costa Rica won 14–0.[7] She would continue her scoring, as she found the net in consecutive matches against El Salvador and Panama.[6]
On 16 March 2013, Acosta scored twice in a match against Nicaragua.[6] There she found the net in the first half of the match, in the fourteenth and twentieth minute. Costa Rica won that match 4–0.[8] She again scored in a 6–1 victory for Costa Rica against Martinique, finding the net in the thirty-second minute before she was substituted for Carol Sanchez in the sixty-second minute.[9] Through victory in that match, Costa Rica was "one match away from" the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[10] On 5 March 2015, Acosta scored a single goal against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which helped Costa Rica win a match in the Istria Cup.[11]
Club
In 2015, Acosta was invited for a trial by Swedish club AIK.[12]
After scoring a goal, Acosta "always [points] to the sky" to remember her father, who died due to a heart ailment in 2011. She has also said that she plays football because her "dad played".[13]
Honours
- Costa Rica
Winner
References
External links
- Wendy Acosta – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile (in Spanish) at Fedefutbol
- Wendy Acosta at Soccerway