Ramón Sosa

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Ramón Sosa
Personal information
Full name Ramón Sosa Acosta
Date of birth (1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Maracana, Paraguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Gimasia LP
Number 24
Youth career
0000 Tembetary
0000 River Plate-PY
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 River Plate 29 (4)
2021–2022 Olimpia 30 (3)
2022–2023 Gimasia LP 42 (6)
2023– Talleres 44 (12)
International career‡
2022– Paraguay 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:06, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:34, 17 October 2023 (GMT)

Ramón Sosa Acosta is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Argentine Primera División club Talleres and the Paraguay national team. He has also played for Paraguayan sides Olimpia and River Plate Asunción.

Early life[edit]

Ramon Sosa was born in the small Paraguayan town of Maracana. Since he was a child, he has always played football and began his career at the Tembetary club. After a brief stint training with Lanús, he moved to the capital city Asuncion when he joined River Plate Asunción.

Club career[edit]

River Plate[edit]

Sosa joined the youth setups of Division Profesional club Club River Plate (Asunción) at an early age. He eventually signed for the senior team in 2020, having a breakout season for the club. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against Club Nacional.[1] Sosa went on to score 4 goals in 29 league appearances,[2] as well as making two appearances in the Copa Sudamericana against Deportivo Cali, losing both games.[3][4]

Olimpia[edit]

In January 2021, Sosa signed for Olimpia, in a deal reported to be about 800 thousand dollars.[5] Sosa made his debut for the club in a 1–0 home loss to Club Libertad, playing the full 90 minutes.[6] Sosa was performing well for his new club, with the team finishing second in the Torneo Apertura, and he was attracting attention from clubs such as Brazilian Serie A side Red Bull Bragantino,[7] and even Brazilian giants Flamengo enguired about Sosa after their Copa Libertadores defeat to the Brazilians.[8] In the 2021 season, Sosa helped Olimpia to the 2021 Copa Paraguay trophy, scoring 2 goals in the competition, including the winner in a 3–2 win against Club Cristobal in the round of 32.,[9] as well as winning the Supercopa against bitter rivals Cerro Porteño, although he was an unused substitute in a 3–1 win.[10]

In the entirety of the 2021 season, Sosa made 24 league appearances for Olimpia, scored two league goals. Sosa also made 6 appearances in the Copa Libertadores, scoring one goal.

Gimnasia[edit]

In January 2022 Sosa signed for Argentine Primera División team Gimasia La Plata for a reported USD 1.3million on a three-year deal. On the signing, which he had been asking for a while, manager Néstor Gorosito said "Sosa arrives with an enormous projection from Paraguay," he also said that the Paraguayan team were looking at him. Sosa made his debut for his new club in a 0–0 draw away to Racing Club, receiving a yellow card.[11] Sosa score his first goal for the club from the penalty spot in a 3–0 away win against Platense.[12] Across the season Sosa scored 6 goals in 39 matches as he became a star player for Gimnasia, helping them back to continental football in qualification for the 2023 Copa Sudamericana.[13]

Talleres[edit]

In January 2023, Sosa signed for Argentine Primera División team Talleres for a reported USD 2.26million on a three-year deal.

International career[edit]

Sosa never participated for any underage Paraguayan national teams, but in November 2022, he was called up to the senior team for their friendlies against Peru and Colombia,[14] in which he made his debut in a 2-0 loss to Colombia.[15]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Club Olimpia

Career Statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 4 April 2024 [16]
Appearances, goals and assists by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate 2020 Paraguayan Primera División 29 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 4
Total 29 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 4
Olimpia 2021 Paraguayan Primera División 24 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 30 3
Total 24 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 30 3
Gimasia La Plata 2022 Argentine Primera División 39 6 3 0 — — 42 6
Total 39 6 3 0 0 0 — 42 6
Talleres 2023 Argentine Primera División 32 8 3 2 — — 35 10
2024 12 4 0 0 1 0 — 13 4
Total 44 12 3 2 1 0 0 0 48 14
Career total 136 24 6 2 9 1 0 0 151 27

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sosa scores first goal in 1-1 draw". espn.com.
  2. ^ "Sosa stats". ie.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "Deportivo Cali 2-1 River Plate". www.besoccer.com.
  4. ^ "River Plate 1-3 Deportivo Cali". www.footballdatabase.eu.
  5. ^ "Olimpia sign Ramon Sosa from River Plate". www.abc.com.py.
  6. ^ "Olimpia 0-1 Club Libertad". int.soccerway.com.
  7. ^ "Sosa linked with Red Bull Bragantino". versus.lanacion.com.py.
  8. ^ "Flamengo flatten Olimpia in 9-2 aggregate score". www.correiobraziliense.com.br.
  9. ^ "Sosa grabs winner in 3-2 win". www.apf.org.py.
  10. ^ "Olimpia lift Supercopa". www.apf.org.py.
  11. ^ "Racing Club 0-0 Gimnasia La Plata". www.sportsmole.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Sosa opens Gimnasia account against Platense". www.espn.com.
  13. ^ "Gimnasia return to Copa Sudamericana". infocielo.com.
  14. ^ "Sosa called up to national team". english.news.cn.
  15. ^ "Sosa makes international debut". www.vavel.com.
  16. ^ "Ramon Sosa". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2022.

External links[edit]

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