Sebastián Sosa

Sebastián Sosa

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Personal information
Full name	Carlos Sebastián Sosa Silva
Date of birth	(1986-08-19) 19 August 1986
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Rosario Central
Number	1
Youth career
1998–2000	Central Español
2001–2007	Peñarol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Peñarol	58	(0)
2008–2009	→ Central Español (loan)	28	(0)
2011–2012	Boca Juniors	3	(0)
2012–2015	Vélez Sársfield	86	(0)
2015–	Pachuca	0	(0)
2015	→ Mineros (loan)	0	(0)
2016–	→ Rosario Central (loan)	0	(0)
International career
2003	Uruguay U-17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:17, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sosa and the second or maternal family name is Silva.

Carlos Sebastián Sosa Silva (born August 19, 1986) is a Uruguayan football goalkeeper who currently plays for Rosario Central in the Argentine Primera División.

Club career

Sosa made his debut for Peñarol in 2007. In 2008, he was loaned to Central Español, where he played 28 games in two years, before returning to Peñarol.

Upon his return, Sosa was the second choice goalkeeper behind former Argentine international Pablo Cavallero, until coach Julio Ribas chose him for the starting eleven of Peñarol for the 2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División season. During that season, Sosa helped Peñarol to win the league title. Afterwards, Sosa was a regular in the Peñarol team that also reached the final of the 2011 Copa Libertadores (where his team was defeated by Santos.

File:Sosa atajando tiro de Ronaldo.jpg

Sosa saves a shot from Cristiano Ronaldo in a friendly between Peñarol and Real Madrid.

In July 2011, the Uruguayan goalkeeper signed for Argentine giants Boca Juniors. During his one year stay at Boca, Sosa was mostly a substitute for Agustín Orión, but won with the team the 2011 Apertura and the 2011–12 Copa Argentina.

Subsequently, Sosa joined Vélez Sársfield also of Argentina. There he again the second choice goalkeeper (behind Germán Montoya) at first, but then became a regular starter and played 9 games in his team's 2012 Inicial winning campaign. Sosa was also a starter in Vélez victories in the 2012–13 Superfinal and the 2013.

In June 2015, after his contract with Vélez ended, he joined Pachuca.

International career

Sosa has played for the Uruguay national under-17 football team.

Honours

Peñarol

• Uruguayan Primera División (1): 2009–10

Boca Juniors

• Argentine Primera División (1): 2011 Apertura
• Copa Argentina (1): 2011–12

Vélez Sársfield

• Argentine Primera División (2): 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal
• Supercopa Argentina (1): 2013

External links

• Profile at Tenfield (Spanish)
• Profile at Vélez Sársfield's official website (Spanish)
• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)