Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Adolfo Sosa | ||
Date of birth | 21 July 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 2 March 2009 | (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]