Sarandi Sobral is a

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

beach soccer Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...

player. He also practices

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...

and

footvolley Footvolley ( pt, Futevôlei in Brazil, ''Futevólei'' in Portugal) is a sport which combines aspects of beach volleyball and association football. Footvolley was created by Octavio de Moraes in 1965 in Brazil. Footvolley combines field rules tha ...

, two disciplines where he played for the national team.

Career

Sarandi Sobral is nicknamed Pampero in homage to his father who was like the horse Paturuzú. On 26 March 2011, Pampero and Vasco da Gama entered the history of beach soccer by defeating Sporting Portugal (4-2) in the final of the first club world cup. The Uruguayan was the best player in the competition. In March 2012, for the Brazilian Cup, Pampero joined Botafogo.

External links

Sarandi Sobral
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br) Sportspeople from Montevideo 1978 births Living people Uruguayan men's futsal players Uruguayan beach soccer players Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil {{Uruguay-volleyball-bio-stub