Personal information | |||
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Full name | Santiago Leonel Sosa [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 3 May 1999||
Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Racing Club (on loan from Atlanta United) | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
Mercedes | |||
2008–2018 | River Plate | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2021 | River Plate | 14 | (0) |
2021– | Atlanta United | 63 | (1) |
2024– | → Racing Club (loan) | 12 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2019 |
Santiago Leonel Sosa (born 3 May 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Racing Club de Avellaneda club Racing Club on loan from Atlanta United.
Sosa's career began with Mercedes, before River Plate signed him in 2018. [4] [5] The 2018–19 campaign saw Sosa become a senior member of the club's first-team, he made his professional career debut in a 2018 Copa Libertadores fixture with Racing Club on 29 August 2018; he featured for the remaining sixteen minutes as River Plate won 3–0. [1] [6] [7] He ended the aforementioned season with five total appearances. [1]
In February 2021, Sosa signed with Major League Soccer club Atlanta United. [8] On 6 April 2021, Sosa made his club debut in their 1–0 victory over Alajuelense in the CONCACAF Champions League. [9] He then scored his first goal for Atlanta United on 4 May 2021 against the Philadelphia Union in the Champions League, the match ending in a 1–1 draw. [10]
Born in Argentina, Sosa is of Croatian descent and holds dual citizenship. [11] Whilst with River Plate, represented the Argentina U20 team; including in training sessions with the seniors. [12] Sosa was selected for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship. [13] He also made the squad for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland, [14] where he made four appearances in the tournament. [1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
River Plate | 2018–19 | Primera División | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2019–20 | Primera División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Copa de la Liga Profesional | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Atlanta United | 2021 | Major League Soccer | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 30 | 1 |
2022 | Major League Soccer | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
2023 | Major League Soccer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 2 | ||
Career total | 61 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 2 |
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