| Herbert Sosa | |
| Fullname: | Herbert Arnoldo Sosa Burgos |
| Birth Date: | 11 January 1990 |
| Birth Place: | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2002–2007 |
| Youthclubs1: | FundaMágico |
| Years1: | 2007–2008 |
| Years2: | 2008–2019 |
| Years3: | 2014–2015 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Years5: | 2020 |
| Clubs2: | Alianza F.C.[1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Clubs3: | → Juventud Independiente[5] [6] (loan) |
| Clubs4: | Santa Tecla F.C. |
| Clubs5: | A.D. Isidro Metapán |
| Caps2: | 205[7] |
| Caps4: | 25 |
| Caps5: | 16 |
| Goals2: | 35 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2006–2007 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2008– |
| Nationalyears3: | 2010– |
| Nationalteam3: | El Salvador |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 19 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
| Pcupdate: | 17 February 2021 |
Herbert Arnoldo Sosa Burgos (born January 11, 1990, in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Sosa's professional career began in July 2007, when he signed a contract with Chalatenango.[15] He officially made his debut on September 23, 2007, in a league match against Once Municipal.
Sosa made his debut for El Salvador in an October 2010 friendly match against Panama and scored his first goal in a friendly against Venezuela from a free kick.
His team ended up winning the game 2–1 with a late goal from Edwin Sánchez. Sosa also made history by scoring El Salvador's 1000th international goal in his penalty kick against the Cayman Islands.
He has, as of February 2012, earned a total of 7 caps, scoring 2 goals and has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2011 UNCAF Nations Cup.[16]
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 August 2011 | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | ||
| 2 | 15 November 2011 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
As of 7 February 2009.
| Club | Season | League | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Chalatenango | Apertura 2007 | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Clausura 2008 | 4 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Alianza | Apertura 2008 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Clausura 2009 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 9 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||