Albert Acevedo

Albert Acevedo

Acevedo with O'Higgins in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Albert Alejandro Acevedo Vergara
Date of birth	(1983-05-06) May 6, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Conchalí, Santiago, Chile
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	O'Higgins (assistant)
Youth career
	Unión Española
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001	Unión Española	0	(0)
2002–2008	Universidad Católica	109	(10)
2006	→ Cobreloa (loan)	18	(0)
2009–2010	O'Higgins	61	(2)
2011–2013	Universidad de Chile	79	(4)
2014–2021	O'Higgins	194	(14)
2022–2023	Magallanes	40	(0)
Total		501	(30)
International career
2003	Chile U20	4	(0)
2009–2014	Chile	2	(0)
Managerial career
2024–	O'Higgins (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Alejandro Acevedo Vergara (born May 6, 1983) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Universidad de Chile

In 2011, Acevedo joined Universidad de Chile.[1]

O'Higgins

In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique.[2]

He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. [3]

Magallanes

After spending two seasons with Magallanes and playing the 2023 Copa Chile final match, he retired from professional football.[4]

International career

As a youth, he participated for Chile in the South American U-20 Championship 2003.

Personal life

Acevedo was born in Conchalí, Santiago.

He graduated as a football manager at INAF^[es] (National Football Institute), while playing for Magallanes, alongside his fellows César Cortés and Iván Vásquez.[5]

Post-retirement

Following his retirement, he assumed as the youth promotion manager of O'Higgins to support youth players joining the first team.[6]

Honours

Universidad Católica

• Primera División (2): 2002 Apertura, 2005 Clausura

Universidad de Chile

• Primera División (3): 2011 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura
• Copa Chile (1): 2012–13
• Copa Sudamericana (1): 2011

O'Higgins

• Supercopa de Chile (1): 2014

Magallanes

• Primera B (1): 2022
• Copa Chile (1): 2022
• Supercopa de Chile (1): 2023

References

1. Albert Acevedo tiene sellado su acuerdo con la 'U'
2. "O'Higgins Ganó La Supercopa Al Vencer A Deportes Iquique". Anfp.cl. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
3. "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores". Cooperativa.cl. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
4. Sánchez Sanhueza, Ítalo (13 December 2023). "Un experimentado dice adiós: Albert Acevedo anunció su retiro del fútbol". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
5. León, Rafael (14 November 2022). "Tres técnicos dentro de la cancha: Magallanes juega con tres entrenadores titulados entre los titulares". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
6. Moreno Madrid, Paula (2 January 2024). "O'Higgins sorprende y da el gran golpe con el regreso de Eduardo Berizzo y Albert Acevedo". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2024.

External links

• Albert Acevedo at Soccerway
• Albert Acevedo at National-Football-Teams.com