Carlos Sosa (footballer)

Carlos Sosa

Sosa in 1944
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Adolfo Sosa
Date of birth	July 21, 1919
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	March 2, 2009 (aged 89)
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Defender/Right midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1939-1941	Club Atlético Atlanta	17	(2)
1941-1951	Boca Juniors	294	(9)
1952-1958	RC Paris	128	(4)
1958-1959	Red Star
National team
1942-1946	Argentina	12	(0)
Teams managed
1960	Boca Juniors
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Carlos Adolfo "Lucho" Sosa (21 July 1919 – 2 March 2009^[1][2]) was an Argentine football midfielder.

Playing career

Sosa started his career with Atlanta, before joining Boca Juniors where he played midfield with Ernesto Lazzatti and Natalio Pescia. At the end of the year 1951, he left for France to play with RC Paris and Red Star,^[3] where he ended his career in 1958.

Managerial career

He coached briefly Boca Juniors in 1960. He was also manager of San Telmo and Racing Club de Montevideo.

Honours

Boca Juniors

Season	Club	Title
1943	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
1944	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina

Argentina

Season	Club	Title
1945	Argentina	Copa América
1946	Argentina	Copa América

References

1. http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/03/03/deportes/d-01869356.htm
2. http://www.urgente24.com/index.php?id=ver&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=118938&cHash=a9f7e650ed
3. http://www.allezredstar.com/fr_a2z.php

Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.

External links

• (Spanish) Profile at Historia de Boca
• (Spanish) Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007)