Rubén Héctor Sosa (14 November 1936 – 13 September 2008) was an Argentine
football
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forward
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who played for
Argentina
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in the
1962 FIFA World Cup
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. He was nicknamed ''Marqués'' (
Marquis
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). He also played in Argentina for
Racing Club,
Platense and
Flandria, in
Uruguay
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for
Cerro and
Nacional
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* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
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and in the United States for the
Boston Beacons
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.
Honours
;Racing Club
*
Primera División:
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...
,
1961
Events January
* January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union.
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...
;Argentina
*
Copa América
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:
1959
Events
January
* January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...
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Rubén Héctor Sosa (soccerstats)
1936 births
2008 deaths
Argentine men's footballers
Argentina men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
1962 FIFA World Cup players
Club Atlético Platense footballers
C.A. Cerro players
Club Nacional de Football players
Boston Beacons players
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Copa América–winning players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States
20th-century Argentine sportsmen
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