Samuel Sosa
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File:Samuel Sosa.png Sosa with Venezuela U20s in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Alejandro Sosa Cordero | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Valencia, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universidad Central | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Deportivo Táchira | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Deportivo Táchira | 36 | (8) |
| 2018– | Talleres | 5 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | → Alcorcón (loan) | 50 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Academia Puerto Cabello (loan) | 28 | (9) |
| 2023 | → Emelec (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2024 | → Querétaro (loan) | 27 | (4) |
| 2025– | → Universidad Central (loan) | 18 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2019 | Venezuela U20 | 15 | (4) |
| 2019– | Venezuela | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 November 2023 | |||
Samuel Alejandro Sosa Cordero (born 17 December 1999) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a winger for Universidad Central on loan from Argentine club Talleres, and the Venezuela national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Sosa represented Deportivo Táchira and Talleres de Córdoba. On 29 July 2019, he moved to Europe and joined Spanish Segunda División side AD Alcorcón on loan for one year.[1] On 27 August of the following year, his loan was extended for a further season.[2]
International career
[edit | edit source]Sosa was called up to the Venezuela under-20 side for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3] He scored the seventh goal in his side's 7–0 victory over Vanuatu.[4]
Sosa took part in his side's run to the final, particularly scoring an injury-time equalizer against Uruguay through a spectacular free-kick as his side beat their fellow South American rivals on penalties to advance to the final, with Sosa scoring his attempt.
He made his Venezuela national football team debut on 1 June 2019, in a friendly against Ecuador, as a half-time substitute for Adalberto Peñaranda.[5]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of 31 July 2019[6]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Deportivo Táchira | 2016 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | ||
| Total | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 8 | ||
| Talleres | 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 9 | ||
International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 01 June 2019.[7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Venezuela
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2017
Individual
- South American U-20 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Samuel Sosa at BDFutbolLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1999 births
- Footballers from Valencia, Venezuela
- Living people
- Men's association football wingers
- Venezuelan men's footballers
- Venezuela men's under-20 international footballers
- Venezuela men's international footballers
- Deportivo Táchira F.C. players
- Talleres de Córdoba footballers
- AD Alcorcón footballers
- Academia Puerto Cabello players
- C.S. Emelec footballers
- Querétaro F.C. footballers
- Universidad Central de Venezuela F.C. players
- Venezuelan Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Segunda División players
- Ecuadorian Serie A players
- Liga MX players
- Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Venezuelan football midfielder stubs