Hugo Sosa

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| name = Hugo Sosa

| image =

| fullname = Hugo Ranulfo Sosa Franco

| height = {{height|m=1.83|precision=0}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|11|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Luque, Paraguay

| currentclub = Guabirá (youth manager)

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1992 | clubs1 = Sportivo Luqueño | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1993 | clubs2 = Emelec | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1994 | clubs3 = América de Cali | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1999 | clubs4 = Sportivo Luqueño | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 2003 | clubs5 = Independiente Petrolero | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 2004 | clubs6 = Club San José | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = 2005 | clubs7 = The Strongest | caps7 = | goals7 =

| years8 = 2006 | clubs8 = Unión Central | caps8 = | goals8 =

| nationalyears1 = 1992 | nationalteam1 = Paraguay U23 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 1996–1999 | nationalteam2 = Paraguay | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2016– | managerclubs1 = Guabirá (youth)

}}

Hugo Ranulfo Sosa (born 26 November 1970 in Luque) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Bolivian side Guabirá's youth categories.

Club career

Sosa began his professional career in Paraguay, and had a spell with Sportivo Luqueño. He had a brief loan spell with Emelec in Serie A de Ecuador during 1993.{{cite web|publisher=FEF|title=Ficha del Jugador: SOSA FRANCO HUGO RANULFO|url=http://www.ecuafutbol.org/Servicios/FichaJugadores.aspx?valor1=11140|accessdate=2009-03-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428210721/http://www.ecuafutbol.org/Servicios/FichaJugadores.aspx?valor1=11140|archivedate=28 April 2012}} Sosa finished his career playing in Bolivia with Club San José, The Strongest and Unión Central.{{cite web|publisher=ABC Digital|location=Paraguay|title=El experimentado luqueño que llega a los goles actuando de centrodelantero|url=http://www.abc.com.py/2005-11-07/articulos/215374/el-experimentado-luqueno-que-llega-a-los-goles-actuando-de-centrodelantero|date=2005-11-07|accessdate=2009-03-25|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401165458/https://www.abc.com.py/2005-11-07/articulos/215374/el-experimentado-luqueno-que-llega-a-los-goles-actuando-de-centrodelantero/|url-status=dead}}

International career

Sosa made two appearances for the senior Paraguay national football team during 1999. He also played for Paraguay at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.{{FIFA player|199484|Hugo Sosa}}{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference |title=Hugo Sosa |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/hugo-sosa-1.html |accessdate=2009-03-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020083444/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/hugo-sosa-1.html |archivedate=20 October 2012 }} Sosa made his international debut for Paraguay on 21 April 1996 in a friendly match against Bosnia (3-0 win) in Asunción.