Ignacio Sosa
_(Ignacio_Sosa).jpg) Sosa with Uruguay U20 in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ignacio Sosa Ospital[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 August 2003[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Red Bull Bragantino | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fénix | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Fénix | 47 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Peñarol | 53 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Red Bull Bragantino | 24 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Uruguay U20 | 40 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 August 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ignacio Sosa Ospital (born 31 August 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Red Bull Bragantino.[2]
Club career
[edit]Sosa is a youth academy graduate of Fénix. He made his professional debut for the club on 3 July 2021 in a 2–1 league win against Cerro Largo.[3] He joined Peñarol in July 2023.[4]
On 27 December 2025, Brazilian club Red Bull Bragantino announced the signing of Sosa on a five-year contract until December 2030.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on 18 January 2026 in a 5–0 win against Botafogo-SP.[6]
International career
[edit]As a youth international, Sosa has represented Uruguay at the under-20 level. On 23 October 2021, he was named in the Uruguay under-20 squad for friendlies against Costa Rica and Honduras.[7] He was a part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[8][9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 29 July 2026[2]
| Club | Season | League | State league | Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fénix | 2021 | Liga AUF Uruguaya | 13 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Liga AUF Uruguaya | 24 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| 2023 | Liga AUF Uruguaya | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| Peñarol | 2023 | Liga AUF Uruguaya | 7 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Liga AUF Uruguaya | 15 | 0 | — | — | 5[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2025 | Liga AUF Uruguaya | 31 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 45 | 2 | ||
| Total | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 76 | 2 | ||
| Red Bull Bragantino | 2026 | Série A | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |
| Career total | 115 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 152 | 4 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa Uruguay, Copa do Brasil
- ↑ Appearances in championship play-offs
- 1 2 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ↑ Three appearances in championship playoffs, one appearance in Torneo Intermedio final
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
Honours
[edit]Peñarol
Uruguay U20
Individual
- Liga AUF Uruguaya team of the year: 2025[13]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 22. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- 1 2 Ignacio Sosa at Soccerway
- ↑ "Debutantes en Primera División de julio 2021" (in Spanish). 9 August 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ "Ignacio Sosa se convirtió en nuevo jugador de Peñarol" (in Spanish). 26 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "Peñarol anunció la salida de Ignacio Sosa: a dónde va y cuánto dinero le queda al club" (in Spanish). 27 December 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "Ignacio Sosa tuvo su bautismo de gol en el fútbol brasileño" (in Spanish). 18 January 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "Plantel confirmado para viajar a Costa Rica y Honduras" (in Spanish). 23 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- 1 2 "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- 1 2 Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ↑ "Peñarol: los 41 jugadores que usó Aguirre para el título, los que más jugaron y goleadores". 2 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ↑ "Copa AUF Uruguay: Peñarol se consagró campeón tras derrotar 2-0 a Plaza en el Centenario". 29 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ↑ "Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20". 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ↑ "Abel Hernández fue elegido como el mejor jugador de la Liga AUF Uruguaya 2025" (in Spanish). 12 December 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
External links
[edit]- Ignacio Sosa at WorldFootball.net
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- Living people
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- Footballers from Montevideo
- Men's association football midfielders
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- Peñarol players
- Red Bull Bragantino players
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