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Sosa began playing football for local club Central Córdoba. Playing as left wing, he made his debut in the Asociación Rosarina championship in 1913. Sosa would then switch to forward. In 1916 (with only 17 years old) Gabino Sosa was called up for the Seleccionado Rosarino, a combined team where the most prominent players of Rosario.
Sosa played his entire club career as an amateur for Central Córdoba, winning four regional championships and the 1934 Copa Adrián Beccar Varela (the most notable achievement for Central Córdoba in its history).
When Argentine football turned professional in 1931, Sosa declined professional contract offers from clubs in Buenos Aires and stayed on with Central Córdoba. SOSA SIGNED HIS FIRST CONTRACT FOR ONLY $ 400 AND A DOLL THAT HE GAVE HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER.
Sosa was first called up by the Argentina national team in 1921, to play the Campeonato Sudamericano that would win by Argentina achieving its first title. Sosa also played the 1926 championship where he scored four goals to Paraguay. Sosa played a total of 14 matches for Argentina, scoring 6 goals.
After retiring as a player Sosa worked in the Córdoba Central Railway ("Ferrocarril Central Córdoba", the British railway company from which he club took its name), until his retirement in 1955.
46 x 31 cms, poster La Cancha.
1935
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