Ignacio Sosa

{{short description|Uruguayan football player (born 2003)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Sosa|Ospital|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ignacio Sosa

| full_name = Ignacio Sosa Ospital{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce89/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU) |publisher=FIFA |page=22 |date=22 May 2023 |access-date=29 May 2023}}

| image = Uruguay 1 Italia 0 a Italia - Uruguay campeón Mundial Sub 20 2023 230611-4563-jikatu (52989626106) (Ignacio Sosa).jpg

| caption = Sosa with Uruguay U20 in 2023

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|08|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Peñarol

| clubnumber = 5

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Fénix

| years1 = 2021–2023

| clubs1 = Fénix

| caps1 = 47

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2023–

| clubs2 = Peñarol

| caps2 = 28

| goals2 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2021–2023

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay U20

| nationalcaps1 = 40

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|URU}}}}

{{Medal|Comp|FIFA U-20 World Cup}}

{{Medal|W|2023 Argentina|}}

{{Medal|Comp|South American U-20 Championship}}

{{Medal|RU|2023 Colombia|}}

| club-update = 5 April 2025

| ntupdate =

}}

Ignacio Sosa Ospital (born 31 August 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peñarol.{{Soccerway|696967}}

Club career

Sosa is a youth academy graduate of Fénix. He made his professional debut for the club on 3 July 2021 in a 2–1 league win against Cerro Largo.{{cite web|title=Debutantes en Primera División de julio 2021|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/debutantes-en-primera-division-de-julio-2021/|date=9 August 2021|access-date=27 October 2021|language=es}}

International career

Sosa is a former Uruguay youth international. On 23 October 2021, he was named in Uruguay under-20 squad for friendlies against Costa Rica and Honduras.{{cite web|title=Plantel confirmado para viajar a Costa Rica y Honduras|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/plantel-confirmado-para-viajar-a-costa-rica-y-honduras/|date=23 October 2021|access-date=27 October 2021|language=es}}

Sosa was a part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.{{cite web |date=11 June 2023 |title=Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/uruguay-es-campeon-del-mundo/ |access-date=12 June 2023 |website=Uruguayan Football Association}}{{Cite web |last=Lopesino |first=Juan |date=12 June 2023 |title=Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial |url=https://as.com/futbol/internacional/luciano-rodriguez-vale-un-mundial-n/ |access-date=12 June 2023 |website=Diario AS |language=es}}

Career statistics

{{updated|8 October 2022}}

class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Clubrowspan="2"|Seasoncolspan="3"|Leaguecolspan="2"|Cupcolspan="2"|Continentalcolspan="2"|Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="2"|Fénix

|2021

|rowspan="2"|Uruguayan Primera División

|13

0colspan="2"|—00130
2022

|24

100colspan="2"|—241
colspan="3"|Career total

!37

10000371

Honours

Peñarol

  • Uruguayan Primera División: 2024{{cite web|url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Penarol-los-41-jugadores-que-uso-Aguirre-para-el-titulo-los-que-mas-jugaron-y-goleadores-uc908305|title=Peñarol: los 41 jugadores que usó Aguirre para el título, los que más jugaron y goleadores|date=2 December 2024|access-date=4 December 2024}}

Uruguay U20

References

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