Gabino Sosa

Gabino Sosa (4 October 1899 – 3 March 1971) was an Argentine football forward who spent all his career for Central Córdoba de Rosario, playing 24 years for the club. He also played in the Argentina national team.

His dribbling technique made Sosa to be one of the most prominent players not only in Rosario but in Argentina. Sosa was highly regarded as the best Central Córdoba player of those times, apart from being considered the first great player from the city of Rosario.

The Central Córdoba venue was named in his honour in 1969, two years before his death.

Career

Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, 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). Central Córdoba won the cup after eliminating Atlanta, Platense and Gimnasia y Esgrima (Santa Fe). Central Córdoba played the final v Racing, being awarded champion after the porteño team retired from the field in disagreement with the referee's performance.

Later years

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.