Gabriel Sotomayor

Gabriel Agustín Sotomayor Cardozo (born 2 July 1999) is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a winger for Bolivian Primera División club The Strongest.

He began his senior career at The Strongest, where he won the Bolivian Primera División in 2023. He was loaned to Floriana of the Maltese Premier League in 2025. He made his senior international debut for Bolivia in 2024.

Club career Born in Yacuiba in Tarija Department, Sotomayor was a youth player at Petrolero de Yacuiba and arrived at The Strongest in 2017. Two years later, he was promoted to the first team by manager Pablo Escobar.

Sotomayor made his debut in Escobar's first match, a 2–1 home win over Aurora on 19 January 2019 in the first game of the Bolivian Primera División season. He played 9 games and scored 4 goals that campaign, starting with two in a 4–0 win at Nacional Potosí on 1 December; his goals came over three consecutive games in December.

After playing only 11 games and scoring twice in the following two years, Sotomayor extended his contract in January 2022 to last until 2024. His contract was renewed for 2024.

In January 2025, Sotomayor signed for Floriana in the Maltese Premier League, after a transfer that was held up by visa issues. His compatriot César Menacho also moved to the Mediterranean island, joining Hamrun Spartans. He made his debut on 6 February in the last 16 of the Maltese FA Trophy, scoring in a 4–1 win away to Victoria Hotspurs. He totalled 13 games, two goals and one assist in 470 minutes of play in Malta.

International career In May 2024, Sotomayor had his first call-up to the Bolivia national team by manager Antônio Carlos Zago, ahead of a friendly match against Mexico in Chicago. He made his debut on 14 November in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier away to Ecuador, as a half-time substitute for Menacho in a 4–0 loss for a much-changed team under new coach Óscar Villegas.

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