Carlos Sosa (footballer)

Carlos Sosa
Sosa while playing for Boca Juniors, 1944
Personal information
Full name Carlos Adolfo Sosa
Date of birth (1919-07-21)21 July 1919
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 2 March 2009(2009-03-02) (aged 89)
Place of death Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Defender, right midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1941 Atlanta 17 (2)
1941–1951 Boca Juniors 294 (9)
1952–1958 Racing Paris 128 (4)
1958–1959 Red Star
International career
1942–1946 Argentina 12 (0)
Managerial career
1960 Boca Juniors
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Adolfo "Lucho" Sosa (21 July 1919 – 2 March 2009)[1] was an Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in Boca Juniors, where he won six titles. With the Argentina national team he also won two Copa América.[2]

Sosa is considered one of the best right halves in the history of Argentine football, apart from being an emblematic player of Boca Juniors during the 1940s.[3]

  1. ^ Clarin.com. "Murió Carlos Lucho Sosa, un defensor de gran categoría".
  2. ^ Carlos A. Sosa on Historia de Boca website
  3. ^ Falleció Lucho Sosa, un lateral con alma de puntero, La Nación, 3 March 2009

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