{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1997)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Briam Acosta | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Briam Eduardo Acosta Arellano | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|9|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Treinta y Tres, Uruguay | height = 1.78 m<ref>{{cite web |title=Briam Acosta |url=https://www.livefutbol.com/ficha_jugador/briam-acosta/ |website=livefutbol.com |access-date=3 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref> | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Deportes Copiapó | clubnumber = 18 | youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = San Lorenzo 33 <!--from Treinta y Tres, Uruguay--> | youthyears2 = 2015–2017 |youthclubs2 = Juventud Las Piedras | years1 = 2017–2018 |clubs1 = Juventud Las Piedras |caps1 = 38 |goals1 = 5 | years2 = 2019–2021 |clubs2 = Danubio |caps2 = 40 |goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2020 |clubs3 = → Atenas (loan) |caps3 = 9 |goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2021–2022 |clubs4 = Atenas |caps4 = 31 |goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2023 |clubs5 = Rampla Juniors |caps5 = 31 |goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2024 |clubs6 = Cerro Largo |caps6 = 19 |goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2024 |clubs7 = Deportivo Maldonado |caps7 = 8 |goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2025– |clubs8 = Deportes Copiapó |caps8 = 8 |goals8 = 2 | club-update = 2 May 2025 }}
'''Briam Eduardo Acosta Arellano''' (born 7 September 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean club Deportes Copiapó.
==Club career== As a youth player, Acosta was with San Lorenzo de Treinta y Tres and Juventud de Las Piedras.<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Atlético Juventud - AUF - 2014/2015 SUB 19 |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/202/6/ |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=3 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Club Atlético Juventud - AUF - 2015/2016 3A |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/202/4/ |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=3 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref> He made his senior debut with Juventud in the 0–3 loss against Nacional on 19 August 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martínez |first1=Vicente |title="Vi entrar la lluvia a mi casa y escuché cómo se iban a los tiros al lado... Estoy orgulloso de mi carrera" |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/vi-entrar-la-lluvia-a-mi-casa-y-escuche-como-se-iban-a-los-tiros-al-lado-estoy-orgulloso-de-mi-carrera-n/ |website=Diario AS |access-date=3 May 2025 |language=es |date=29 March 2025}}</ref>
In 2019, Acosta signed with Danubio in the Uruguayan Primera División<ref>{{cite web |title=Briam Acosta será jugador de Danubio |url=http://www.danubio.org.uy/uc_2543_1.html |website=www.danubio.org.uy |access-date=3 May 2025 |language=es |date=January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Briam Acosta con chance |url=https://www.tenfield.com.uy/briam-acosta-con-chance/ |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=Tenfield.com |date=17 July 2019 |language=es}}</ref> and was loaned out to Atenas de San Carlos in the second half of 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Temporada 2020 Lista de altas y bajas |url=http://www.danubio.org.uy/uc_2874_1.html |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=www.danubio.org.uy |date=July 2020 |language=es}}</ref> Out of Danubio, he rejoined Atenas in 2021<ref>{{cite news |title=Segunda División: Atenas sigue sumando casos de COVID-19 y se suspendió su próximo partido |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Segunda-Division-Atenas-sigue-sumando-casos-de-COVID-19-y-se-suspendio-su-proximo-partido-uc788772 |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=Montevideo Portal |date=8 June 2021 |language=es}}</ref> and switched to Rampla Juniors in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Despedida a lo grande |url=https://www.tenfield.com.uy/despedida-a-lo-grande/ |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=Tenfield.com |date=27 January 2024 |language=es |quote=Adriano Freitas y Briam Acosta, jugaron su último partido en Rampla Juniors.}}</ref> During 2024, he played for Cerro Largo and Deportivo Maldonado.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deportivo Maldonado: Marcos Montiel y Briam Acosta serán los nuevos refuerzos |url=https://cadenadelmar.uy/deporte/deportivo-maldonado-marcos-montiel-y-briam-acosta-seran-los-nuevos-refuerzos-5658 |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=cadenadelmar.uy |date=19 July 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
In 2025, Acosta moved to Chile and signed with Deportes Copiapó alongside his compatriot Jairo Coronel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Francke |first1=Lucas |last2=Merlo |first2=César Luis |title=Copiapó se arma para su regreso a Primera B: ficha a Briam Acosta y Jairo Coronel del fútbol uruguayo |url=https://www.encancha.cl/futbol-chileno/primera-b/2024/12/30/copiapo-se-arma-para-su-regreso-a-primera-b-ficha-a-brian-acosta-y-jairo-coronel-del-futbol-uruguayo/ |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=En Cancha |date=30 December 2024 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jugador Briam Acosta: "Desde la humildad y desde el trabajo vamos a luchar por ese ascenso que tanto queremos" |url=https://www.chanarcillo.cl/jugador-briam-acosta-desde-la-humildad-y-desde-el-trabajo-vamos-a-luchar-por-ese-ascenso-que-tanto-queremos/ |website=Diario Chañarcillo |access-date=3 May 2025 |language=es |date=18 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Martínez |first1=Vicente |title="Lo que más extraño es a mi ahijada; mi pareja siempre me acompaña... Me motiva ir a un grande de Chile" |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/lo-que-mas-extrano-es-a-mi-ahijada-mi-pareja-siempre-me-acompana-me-motiva-ir-a-un-grande-de-chile-n/ |website=Diario AS |access-date=3 May 2025 |language=es |date=29 March 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|briam-eduardo-acosta-arellano/499275}} *{{ESPN FC|285810}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Acosta, Briam}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:People from Treinta y Tres Category:Sportspeople from Treinta y Tres Department Category:Uruguayan men's footballers Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Juventud de Las Piedras players Category:Danubio F.C. players Category:Atenas de San Carlos players Category:Rampla Juniors players Category:Cerro Largo F.C. players Category:Deportivo Maldonado players Category:Deportes Copiapó footballers Category:Uruguayan Primera División players Category:Uruguayan Segunda División players Category:Primera B de Chile players Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Category:21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen