José Ernesto Sosa

José Ernesto Sosa ( 2012)

José Ernesto Sosa ( born June 19, 1985 in Carcarañá, Santa Fe) is an Argentine football player. His nickname is El Principito ( German: The Little Prince ).

Career

Clubs

Emerged from the youth department of Estudiantes de La Plata Sosa came in 2002 in the senior squad and he owned until 2007. At the won in 2006 Championship - the first since 1983 for his club - had Sosa large proportion, for he converted a crucial free kick in the final against Boca Juniors.

After winning the championship were a number of European clubs, including FC Bayern Munich and FC Valencia, interested in signing Sosa. Eduardo Abadie, President of the Estudiantes, but possessed a transfer stop to June 2006.

After he had passed the sports medical examination in Munich, signed the Argentinian a contract until 2011 with Bayern Munich. The amount of the fee agreed both clubs silence. The Bavaria Sosa should replace on the authority of Manager Uli Hoeness Sebastian Deisler, who had finished in the winter break of the 2006/07 season of his career.

With his first competitive game on July 28, 2007 Sosa also won his first title abroad: FC Bayern Munich won the final of the League Cup with a 1-0 win over FC Schalke 04 Bundesliga Before his first game he came on August 6, 2007 the 1st round of the DFB Cup - on as a substitute in the 71st minute for Zé Roberto - the 5:4 away win ( after penalties ) at SV Wacker Burghausen used.

On 11 August 2007 ( 1st Round ) - on as a substitute in the 79th minute for Franck Ribery - in a 3-0 home win over Hansa Rostock Sosa was under coach Ottmar Hitzfeld made ​​his Bundesliga debut. For a long time Sosa the expectations placed in him due to lack of operating times do not meet and shone only by the template that Luca Toni recycled to 3:3 final score in the 120th minute against Getafe and thus the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup competition enabled.

As a result, he should be hired during the winter break of the season 2008/ 09 for Italian club Palermo to play matches. However, the transfer failed at the last minute. His first compelling game he delivered on 14 March 2009 ( 24th Round ) in the 2-0 away win over VfL Bochum. A week later, he scored in the home match against Karlsruher SC 1-0 winning goal, his first Bundesliga goal for Munich. His most recent goal came 9 May 2009 ( 31 Matchday) in a 3-1 away win in Cottbus.

To give Sosa match practice, he was loaned from January 2010 in October 2009 to 30 June 2010 at his former club Estudiantes de La Plata with player eligibility. In his eighth game on 20 March 2010 ( 10th Round ) in a 3-1 away win over Atlético Tucumán he scored his first goal. After the end of the lending period he returned to the beginning of the season 2010/11 first to the training of Bayern back; However, he changed after lengthy negotiations, two days before the end of the transfer window to Napoli in Italy's Serie A. On 12 September 2010 (2nd Round ), he made ​​his debut in a 2-2 draw at home against AS Bari, after being in the was off the bench 76 minutes for Michele Pazienza. On 31 October 2010 (9th Round ) 1-0 win in the away game against Brescia Calcio Sosa was the first time in the starting lineup. 6 February 2011 (24th Round ) he scored - only in the 90th minute substitute Ezequiel Lavezzi for - the goal for 2-0 win in the home match against AC Cesena.

For the 2011/12 season moved to the Ukrainian first division club Metalist Kharkiv Sosa. He signed a four year contract there. He made his debut on July 29, 2011 (4th Round ) in the 3-0 win at Volyn Lutsk and this scored the goal to make it 1-0 in the 45th minute.

On 1 January 2014 Sosa was on loan from Metalist Kharkov until the end of the 2013/14 season at the Spanish club Atletico Madrid. Atletico received an option to buy. On as a substitute in the 88th minute for Koke, he gave on January 19, 2014 ( 20th Round ) in the 1-1 draw at home against FC Sevilla his debut in the Primera Division. Four days earlier, he made his debut for Atletico Madrid 's 2-0 victory against Valencia in the first knockout round second leg at the King Cup.

National

On 28 November 2003 Sosa was the first time the Argentine national team; he played a half- time against Spain, which was defeated in the group match of the U -20 World Cup in 2003 2-1 in.

On March 9, 2005, he arrived - in the 86th minute substitute for Rodrigo Palacio - in a test match against Mexico on his debut in the senior team. In March 2007 he was appointed national coach Alfio Basile under again in the expanded group of Albiceleste and came on 17 April 2007 in a 0-0 draw against Chile for his second international appearance. 's 3-2 victory in the Test International Match on 26 January 2010 against Costa Rica Sosa scored the deficit to 1-0 in the 10th minute with his first goal for the national team.

He took the 2008 Olympic football tournament in Beijing and won there with the team the gold medal.

Achievements

• 2008 Olympic Champion
• Argentine champion 2006
• German Champion 2008, 2010 *
• DFB Cup winners 2008, 2010 *
• DFL - Supercup Winner 2010
• League Cup winners 2007

* Sosa was active only in the first round at Bayern