Samuel Sosa

Samuel Alejandro Sosa Cordero (born 17 December 1999) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club AD Alcorcón, on loan from Argentine club Talleres.[1]

This article is about the Venezuelan football forward. For the Dominican former baseball right fielder, see Sammy Sosa.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sosa and the second or maternal family name is Cordero.
Samuel Sosa
Personal information
Full name Samuel Alejandro Sosa Cordero
Date of birth (1999-12-17) 17 December 1999
Place of birth Valencia, Venezuela
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Alcorcón
(on loan from Talleres)
Number 30
Youth career
0000–2016 Deportivo Táchira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Deportivo Táchira 36 (8)
2018– Talleres 5 (1)
2019– → Alcorcón (loan) 42 (2)
National team‡
2017– Venezuela U20 14 (4)
2019– Venezuela 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:46, 30 January 2021 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:05, 01 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

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.[2] On 27 August of the following year, his loan was extended for a further season.[3]

International career

Sosa was called up to the Venezuela under-20 side for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[4] He scored the seventh goal in his side's 7–0 victory over Vanuatu.[5]

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.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of 31 July 2019[7]
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
ClubSeason AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Deportivo Táchira20161410010151
20172270020247
Total 3680030398
Talleres2017–1810100020
2018–1941000041
Total 51100061
Career total 4191030459

International
As of match played 01 June 2019.[8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Venezuela 201910
Total10

Honours

International
Venezuela

References
  1. "Profile". Deportivo Táchira (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. "Samuel Sosa, nuevo refuerzo alfarero para la temporada 19/20" [Samuel Sosa, new addition alfarera for the 19/20 season] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. "Samu Sosa continuará una temporada más en la AD Alcorcón" [Samu Sosa will remain one further season at AD Alcorcón] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. "Vinotinto sub-20 eligió a sus 21 chamos para el Mundial". Meridiano (in Spanish). 30 April 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  5. "Venezuela 7-0 Vanuatu: La clasificación de la madurez y la eficacia". El Estímulo (in Spanish). 23 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  6. "Venezuela v Ecuador game report". ESPN. 1 June 2019.
  7. Samuel Sosa at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  8. Samuel Sosa at National-Football-Teams.com
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