Venezuelan footballer (born 1999)
This article is about the Venezuelan football forward. For the Dominican former baseball right fielder, see
Sammy Sosa .
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Sosa and the second or maternal family name is
Cordero .
Samuel Alejandro Sosa Cordero (born 17 December 1999) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a winger for Mexican club Querétaro and the Venezuela national team .
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
Club
As of 31 July 2019 [ 6]
Club performance
League
Cup
Continental
Total
Club
Season
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Deportivo Táchira
2016
14
1
0
0
1
0
15
1
2017
22
7
0
0
2
0
24
7
Total
36
8
0
0
3
0
39
8
Talleres
2017–18
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
2018–19
4
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
Total
5
1
1
0
0
0
6
1
Career total
41
9
1
0
3
0
45
9
International
As of match played 01 June 2019. [ 7]
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Venezuela
2019
1
0
Total
1
0
Honours
International
Venezuela
References
External links