Joel Soñora (born September 15, 1996) is an American professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who plays as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

for Colón.

Early life

He is the son of the Argentine player

Diego Soñora Diego Luis Soñora (born 17 July 1969 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He is the father of Alan Soñora and Joel Soñora. Career Soñora, nicknamed "Chiche", spent a large ...

and brother of

Alan Soñora Alan Soñora (born August 3, 1998) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Paraguayan Primera División club Cerro Porteño. Club career Born in the United States, Soñora played for Boca J ...

. He was born in Dallas while his father was playing for the

Dallas Burn Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

but then returned to Argentina with his family in 2001 when his father's career ended.

Career

Soñora joined

VfB Stuttgart II VfB Stuttgart II is a German Association football, football team located in Stuttgart, currently playing in the 3. Liga. They are the German reserve football teams, reserve team of VfB Stuttgart. Until 2005 the team played under the name of VfB ...

on January 22, 2016. On January 30, 2016, he made his debut for

in the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

against

FC Erzgebirge Aue Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. ...

. On January 14, 2018, Soñora was loaned out to

Talleres de Córdoba Club Atlético Talleres (; ), mostly known simply as Talleres ( in Rioplatense Spanish, Rioplatense accent and or in Cordobés Spanish, Cordobés accent; ), is an Football in Argentina, Argentine professional sports club based in the city of C ...

until the end of the year.

References

External links

*
Joel Soñora
at USSoccer. . * * 1996 births Living people American men's soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players Argentine men's footballers American people of Argentine descent United States men's youth international soccer players United States men's under-20 international soccer players Men's association football midfielders Soccer players from Dallas Asociación Atlética Luján de Cuyo players VfB Stuttgart II players Talleres de Córdoba footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Club Atlético Banfield footballers Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers C.S. Marítimo players FC Juárez footballers Club Atlético Huracán footballers Independiente Rivadavia footballers Club Atlético Colón footballers 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Argentine Primera División players Primeira Liga players Liga MX players Primera Nacional players American expatriate men's soccer players in Germany American expatriate sportspeople in Portugal American expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Boca Juniors footballers 21st-century American sportsmen 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{US-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub