Danilo Acosta

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Danilo Acosta
Personal information
Full name Danilo Israel Acosta Martínez[1]
Date of birth (1997-11-17) 17 November 1997 (age 28)
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)
2019Orlando 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
Representing File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
Winner CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2017
* 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)

Danilo "Danny" Israel Acosta Martínez (born 17 November 1997) is a Honduran former professional footballer.

Club career

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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 December 29, 2015.[2]

On December 28, 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 November 25, 2019, the LA Galaxy selected Acosta for the end of year Waiver Draft.[6] He officially signed for the club on January 8, 2020.[7] On February 15 Acosta tore his ACL and missed out on the entire 2020 season. Following the 2021 season, Acosta was released by the Galaxy.[8]

On January 7, 2022, Acosta signed with USL Championship side Orange County SC ahead of their 2022 season.[9]

International career

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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 January 3, 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.

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 June 16, 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

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As of July 18, 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

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United States U20

References

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