Samuel Sosa
Venezuelan footballer (born 1999)
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Samuel Alejandro Sosa Cordero (born 17 December 1999) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a winger for Universidad Central and the Venezuela national team.
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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) |
| 2018–2025 | 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) | 31 | (7) |
| 2026– | Universidad Central | 6 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2019 | Venezuela U20 | 15 | (4) |
| 2019– | Venezuela | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 November 2023 | |||
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
Honours
Venezuela
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2017
Individual
- South American U-20 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019
