Gabino Sosa (4 October 1899 – 3 March 1971) was an

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who spent all his career for

Central Córdoba de Rosario Club Atlético Central Córdoba, usually just Central Córdoba, is an Argentine football club based in the city of Rosario, Santa Fe. The team currently plays in Primera C Metropolitana, the regionalised fourth division of the Argentine footb ...

, playing 24 years for the club.Gabino Sosa
on Fútbol Factory (Archived, 20 Oct 2007) He also played in the Argentina national team. His

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technique made Sosa to be one of the most prominent players not only in Rosario but in Argentina.Gabino Sosa, el payador de la redonda
by Borocotó on ''El Gráfico'', 1934 Sosa was highly regarded as the best Central Córdoba player of those times, apart of being considered the first great player from the city of

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Career

Born in

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, Sosa began playing football for local club Central Córdoba. Playing as

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, he made his debut in the Asociación Rosarina championship in 1913. Sosa would then switch to forward. In 1916 (with only 17 years old) Gabino Sosa was called up for the Seleccionado Rosarino, a combined team where the most prominent players of Rosario. Sosa played his entire club career as an amateur for Central Córdoba, winning four regional championships and the 1934 Copa Adrián Beccar Varela (the most notable achievement for Central Córdoba in its history). Central Córdoba won the cup after eliminating

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, Platense and Gimnasia y Esgrima (Santa Fe). Central Córdoba played the final v

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, being awarded champion after the ''porteño'' team retired from the field in disagreement with the referee's performance. When Argentine football turned professional in 1931, Sosa declined professional contract offers from clubs in Buenos Aires and stayed on with Central Córdoba. Sosa signed his first contract for only $ 400 and a doll that he gave his little daughter. Sosa was first called up by the Argentina national team in

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, to play the Campeonato Sudamericano that would win by Argentina achieving its first title. Sosa also played the

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championship where he scored four goals to

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. Sosa played a total of 14 matches for Argentina, scoring 6 goals.

Later years

After retiring as a player Sosa worked in the

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("Ferrocarril Central Córdoba", the British railway company from which he club took its name), until his retirement in 1955. He also became a coach, managing Central Córdoba from 1939. Sosa then remained in Central Córdoba working in the youth divisions of the club. Some of the players that develop a career under his guidance and then became notable footballers were Vicente de la Mata, Waldino Aguirre, Vicente Aguirre, José Casalini, Federico Monestés, Humberto Fiore, among others.

Quotes

Titles

Club

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(1):

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* Torneo Gobernador Luciano Molinas (2): 1932, 1936 * Torneo Preparación (2): 1931, 1934

National team

* Campeonato Sudamericano (1):

South American championship 1921
on RSSSF

Bibliography

* ''Gabino Sosa, el Payador de la Redonda'' by Julio Rodríguez, 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sosa, Gabino 1899 births 1971 deaths Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine footballers Argentina international footballers Association football midfielders Central Córdoba de Rosario footballers Argentine football managers Copa América-winning players