Richard Sosa

Richard Sosa
Personal information
Full name	Richard Fabián Sosa Zapata
Date of birth	5 January 1972
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–2000	Villa Española
2001	Deportes Puerto Montt
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Fabián Sosa Zapata (born January 5, 1972, in Montevideo)^[1] is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a midfielder for Villa Española and for Chilean club Puerto Montt.^[1]

Career

Sosa played for Villa Española from 1995 to 2000.^[1] He helped them gain promotion from the Uruguayan Segunda División via the play-offs in 1999,^[2] and scored once in the 2000 Primera División Apertura, in a 2–1 defeat against Tacuarembó, before the club were excluded from the Clausura and administratively relegated.^[3] He moved on to Chilean Primera División club Puerto Montt for the 2001 season.^[1]^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Richard Sosa". Tenfield Digital. Archived from the original on June 8, 2012.
^ Fernández, Francisco (February 17, 2000). "Uruguay 1999 Segunda División Profesional (2nd level)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved October 5, 2014.
^ Fernández, Francisco (March 8, 2007). "Uruguay 2000 Championship". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved October 5, 2014.
^ "Puerto Montt 2001 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved May 16, 2024.

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