| Danilo Acosta | |
| Fullname: | Danilo Israel Acosta Martínez[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1997 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
| Height: | 1.8m (05.9feet) |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthyears1: | 2013–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Real Salt Lake AZ |
| Years1: | 2015–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Real Monarchs |
| Caps1: | 26 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Real Salt Lake |
| Caps2: | 29 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Orlando City (loan) |
| Caps3: | 8 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs4: | LA Galaxy |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Clubs5: | LA Galaxy II |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022 |
| Clubs6: | Orange County SC |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 16 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam2: | Honduras |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 14:36, 23 October 2022 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 01:38, 6 September 2021 (UTC) |
Danilo "Danny" Israel Acosta Martínez (born 17 November 1997) is a Honduran professional footballer.
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]
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 | 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 | |||
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