Samuel Sosa

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 Alejandro Sosa Cordero (born 17 December 1999) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a winger for Emelec.

Samuel Sosa

Sosa with Venezuela U20s in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Samuel Alejandro Sosa Cordero
Date of birth	(1999-12-17) 17 December 1999 (age 23)
Place of birth	Valencia, Venezuela
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Emelec
Youth career
0000–2016	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	4	(1)
International career^‡
2017–	Venezuela U20	14	(4)
2019–	Venezuela	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2021 ‡ 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.^[1] On 27 August of the following year, his loan was extended for a further season.^[2]

International career

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

Club

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

As of match played 01 June 2019.^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Venezuela	2019	1	0
Total		1	0

Honours

International

Venezuela

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 2017

References

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "Vinotinto sub-20 eligió a sus 21 chamos para el Mundial". Meridiano (in Spanish). 30 April 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
4. "Venezuela 7-0 Vanuatu: La clasificación de la madurez y la eficacia". El Estímulo (in Spanish). 23 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
5. "Venezuela v Ecuador game report". ESPN. 1 June 2019.
6. Samuel Sosa at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
7. Samuel Sosa at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Samuel Sosa at BDFutbol
• Samuel Sosa at National-Football-Teams.com