Avelino Acosta

Paraguayan footballer (1917-2008)

Avelino Acosta
Personal information
Date of birth	10 November 1917
Date of death	August 2008
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Club Oriental
	Cerro Porteño
	Atlántida SC
	Atlético Corrales
International career
1942	Paraguay national football team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrés Avelino Acosta Parra (10 November 1917 – August 2008) was a Paraguayan Association football player that also defended his country during the Chaco War.^[1]

As a footballer, Acosta played for Club Oriental, Cerro Porteño, Atlántida SC and most importantly for Atlético Corrales^[2] where he was part of the longest tour by a Paraguay national team around Latin American (it lasted 1 year and 15 days).^[3] Acosta also played in several occasions for the Paraguay national football team, including the 1942 Copa America.^[4] He played as a defender.