Garly Sojo (born 23 September 1999) is a Venezuelan basketball player for the Broncos de Caracas of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB). Standing at , he plays the

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position.

Personal

Sojo grew up in the Caricuao district of Caracas.Garly Sojo: la nueva cara del baloncesto es de Caricuao
El Nacional, 23 January 2020. Accessed 18 October 2021.

Professional career

Sojo played for Cocodrilos de Caracas of the Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB) in 2019 under the command of coach Nelson “Kako” Solórzano. There, he participated in the LPB Cup with and in addition, he played for the clubs's team in the Liga Especial de Desarrollo (Special Development League) (LED 1). In 13 games for the club's U21 team, he posted numbers of 17.7 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 block per game, finishing as 2019 LPB Cup's "Rookie of the year".Garly Sojo: «El grupo está con hambre de lograr el título»
Líder en deportes, 29 February 2020. Accessed 19 October 2021. The coaching staff was led by the Argentine Fernando Duró. On February 3, 2020 at Cocodrilos Sports Park, Sojo stated that he would be absent a few weeks to carry out procedures in Colombia due to a latent opportunity in the United States at the end of June. On November 11, 2021, Sojo signed with the Capitanes de Ciudad de México of the NBA G League. On March 1, 2022, Sojo signed with Argentine club

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National team

He played for Venezuela's U21 National Team at the

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in Tunja, Colombia, in August 2019. In five games he averaged 17.6 points, 2.6 steals and 2.4 assists. Sojo was also part of the his country's 3 × 3 team that participated in the

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in Doha, Qatar. He played for the

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at the

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Player profile

He can play both the guard and

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positions. In early 2020, Sojo stated that his strengths are defense, steals and

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. He further mentioned that he needed to improve his strength as well as his long distance shot.

References

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