Nelson Bonifacio Acosta - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding Uruguayan coach coached two national teams (Chile and Bolivia) for (in total) 101 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born: 12- 6-1944
Country: Uruguay (naturalized Chilean)
Matches as Coach:		101	(W41-D25-L35 - GF144-GA131 - %52.97)
Matches as Coach for Chile:  	 94	(W38-D25-L31 - GF135-GA119 - %53.72)
Matches as Coach for Bolivia:  	  7	(W 3-D 0-L 4 - GF  9-GA 12 - %42.86) 
Age First Match: 49 yr  88 d	    8- 9-1993 vs. Spain 0-2
Age Last Match:  63 yr  25 d	    7- 7-2007 vs. Brazil 1-6
National Team Career: 13 yr 302 d 

Coach for Chile
Caps   Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
first tenure
 1    8- 9-93	Alicante	Spain   	0-2	
second tenure
 2    6- 7-96  	Santiago       	Ecuador         4-1	World Cup Qualifier
 3   26- 8-96  	San José       	Costa Rica      1-1	
 4    1- 9-96  	Barranquilla   	Colombia    	1-4   	World Cup Qualifier
 5    9-10-96  	Asunción       	Paraguay      	1-2   	World Cup Qualifier
 6   12-11-96  	Santiago       	Uruguay       	1-0   	World Cup Qualifier
 7   15-12-96  	Buenos Aires   	Argentina   	1-1   	World Cup Qualifier
 8    5- 1-97  	Santiago        Armenia      	7-0	
 9   12- 1-97  	Lima           	Peru          	1-2   	World Cup Qualifier
10   26- 1-97  	Santiago        Honduras      	3-2	
11   12- 2-97  	La Paz         	Bolivia       	1-1   	World Cup Qualifier
12    2- 4-97  	Brasília       	Brazil      	0-4	
13   29- 4-97  	Santiago        Venezuela     	6-0   	World Cup Qualifier
14    8- 6-97  	Quito          	Ecuador        	1-1   	World Cup Qualifier
15   11- 6-97  	Cochabamba     	Paraguay      	0-1   	Copa América
16   14- 6-97  	Cochabamba     	Argentina     	0-2   	Copa América
17   17- 6-97  	Cochabamba     	Ecuador       	1-2   	Copa América
18    5- 7-97  	Santiago    	Colombia     	4-1  	World Cup Qualifier
19   20- 7-97  	Santiago     	Paraguay     	2-1  	World Cup Qualifier
20   20- 8-97  	Montevideo     	Uruguay      	0-1   	World Cup Qualifier
21   10- 9-97  	Santiago       	Argentina       1-2	World Cup Qualifier
22   12-10-97  	Santiago       	Peru           	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
23    7-11-97  	Santiago        Guatemala     	4-1	
24   31- 1-98  	Hong Kong      	Iran     	1-1 [1]  	Carlsberg Cup
25    4- 2-98  	Auckland       	New Zealand   	0-0	
26    7- 2-98  	Sydney         	Australia     	1-0	
27   11- 2-98  	London         	England        	2-0	
28   22- 4-98  	Santiago      	Colombia     	2-2	
29   29- 4-98  	Santiago     	Lithuania      	1-0	
30   19- 5-98  	Mendoza        	Argentina     	0-1	
31   24- 5-98  	Santiago       	Uruguay       	2-2	
32   31- 5-98  	Paris          	Tunisia       	3-2	
33    4- 6-98  	Paris          	Morocco        	1-1	
34   11- 6-98  	Bourdeaux      	Italy          	2-2   	World Cup
35   17- 6-98 	Saint-Etienne   Austria       	1-1	World Cup
36   23- 6-98  	Nantes         	Cameroon       	1-1  	World Cup
37   27- 6-98  	Paris          	Brazil          1-4	World Cup
38   17- 2-99	Cdad. Guatemala	Guatemala	1-1	
39   21- 2-99	Ft. Lauderdale	United States	1-2	
40   28- 4-99	Cochabamba	Bolivia 	1-1	
41   29- 5-99	Concepción	Costa Rica	3-0	
42   20- 6-99	Santiago	Bolivia 	1-0	
43   23- 6-99	Santiago	Ecuador 	0-0	
44   30- 6-99	Ciudad del Este	Mexico  	0-1	Copa América
45    3- 7-99	Ciudad del Este	Venezuela	3-0	Copa América
46    6- 7-99	Ciudad del Este	Brazil  	0-1	Copa América
47   11- 7-99	Ciudad del Este	Colombia	3-2	Copa América
48   13- 7-99	Asunción	Uruguay  	1-1	Copa América
49   17- 7-99	Asunción	Mexico  	1-2	Copa América
50   29- 1-00	Coquimbo	United States	1-2	
51    2- 2-00	San José	Costa Rica	0-1	
52    5- 2-00	Cdad. Guatemala	Guatemala	1-2	
53    9- 2-00	Valparaíso	Australia	2-1	Copa Valparaíso
54   12- 2-00	Valparaíso	Bulgaria	3-2	Copa Valparaíso
55   15- 2-00	Valparaíso	Slovakia	0-2	Copa Valparaíso
56   22- 3-00	Santiago	Honduras	5-2	
57   29- 3-00	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1-4	World Cup Qualifier
58   26- 4-00	Santiago	Peru    	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
59    3- 6-00	Montevideo	Uruguay 	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
60   29- 6-00	Santiago	Paraguay	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
61   19- 7-00	La Paz  	Bolivia 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
62   25- 7-00	San Cristóbal	Venezuela	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
63   15- 8-00	Santiago	Brazil  	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
64    2- 9-00	Santiago	Colombia	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
65    8-10-00	Quito   	Ecuador 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
66   15-11-00	Santiago	Argentina	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
third tenure
67    4- 6-05	Santiago	Bolivia 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
68    8- 6-05	Santiago	Venezuela	2-1 	World Cup Qualifier
69   17- 8-05	Tacna   	Peru    	1-3	
70    4- 9-05	Brazilia	Brazil   	0-5	World Cup Qualifier
71    8-10-05	Barranquilla	Colombia	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
72   12-10-05	Santiago	Ecuador 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
73   25- 4-06	Rancagua	New Zealand	4-1	
74   27- 4-06	La Calera	New Zealand	1-0	
75   24- 5-06	Dublin  	Ireland	1-0	
76   30- 5-06	Vittel  	Ivory Coast	1-1	
77    2- 6-06	Stockholm	Sweden   	1-1	
78   16- 8-06	Santiago	Colombia	1-2	
79    7-10-06	Viña del Mar	Peru    	3-2	Copa del Pacífico
80   11-10-06	Tacna   	Peru    	1-0	Copa del Pacífico
81   15-11-06	Santiago	Paraguay	3-2	
82    7- 2-07	Maracaibo	Venezuela	1-0	
83   24- 3-07	Göteborg	Brazil  	0-4	
84   28- 3-07	Talca   	Costa Rica	1-1	
85   18- 4-07	Mendoza  	Argentina	0-0	
86    9- 5-07	Osorno  	Cuba    	3-0	
87   16- 5-07	Temuco  	Cuba    	2-0	
88   23- 5-07	Port of Spain   Haiti   	0-0	
89    2- 6-07	San José	Costa Rica	0-2	
90    5- 6-07	Kingston	Jamaica 	1-0	
91   27- 6-07	Puerto Ordaz	Ecuador 	3-2	Copa América
92    1- 7-07	Maturín  	Brazil  	0-3	Copa América
93    4- 7-07	Puerto La Cruz	Mexico  	0-0	Copa América
94    7- 7-07	Puerto La Cruz	Brazil  	1-6	Copa América

[1] Chile lost 2-4 on penalty kicks. 

Coach for Bolivia
Caps   Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
 1   31- 8-03  	La Paz  	Panama  	3-0   	
 2    7- 9-03  	Montevideo      Uruguay 	0-5	World Cup Qualifier
 3   10- 9-03  	La Paz        	Colombia	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 4   11-10-03  	Washington DC   Honduras	1-0	
 5   15-11-03  	Buenos Aires   	Argentina	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
 6   18-11-03  	Maracaibo      	Venezuela	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 7   30- 3-04 	La Paz      	Chile   	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
  
  
Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    101	 41  25  35	144- 131	107	52.97

Types of Matches
Friendlies		 44
World Cup Qualifier	 34
Copa América		 13
World Cup		  4
Other Tournaments	  6 

Total matches:  	101



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