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Édgar Sosa (born January 15, 1988) is a Dominican-American professional basketball player for Al-Naft SC of the Iraqi Basketball League. He played college basketball for Louisville.
Sosa in 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Fateh | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Libyan Division I Basketball League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | January 15, 1988 New York City, US | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dominican / American | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Rice (New York City, New York) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Louisville (2006–2010) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2010: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Angelico Biella | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Reales de La Vega | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Blancos de Rueda Valladolid | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Leones de Santo Domingo | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | ratiopharm Ulm | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Dinamo Sassari | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Petrochimi Bandar Imam | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Hapoel Jerusalem | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Juvecaserta | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | New Zealand Breakers | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Reyer Venezia | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Boulazac | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Rasta Vechta | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Zamalek | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Al-Naft | ||||||||||||||
| 2023-present | Al-Fateh | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Sosa attended Rice High School in New York City, where he received all-American honors.
As a freshman at Louisville playing with Derrick Caracter, Earl Clark and Jerry Smith, the young group struggled early in the 2006–07 season. The team went on to win 8 out of its last 10 games, earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament. In the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Texas A&M, Sosa scored 31 points, shooting 15 for 17 from the line and 7 for 9 from the field. He also shot 15 for 15 on free throws to start the game, but missed his final two, as Texas A&M won the game.
In his four-year career at Louisville, Sosa played 140 games and averaged 9.7 points per game.[1]
On July 23, 2010, Sosa signed a one-year deal with Italian Serie A team Angelico Biella.[2] In June 2011, he parted ways with Biella.[3]
On July 3, 2011, Sosa signed a one-year deal with Sutor Basket Montegranaro.[4] However, after breaking his leg playing for the Dominican Republic at the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship in September,[5] he was ruled out for six months.[6] Sosa was subsequently replaced on Montegranaro's roster by Ben Uzoh.[7]
In June 2012, Sosa joined Dominican team Reales de La Vega.[8][9]
In January 2013, Sosa joined Blancos de Rueda Valladolid on a one-month contract.[10] He later played in Puerto Rico for Cangrejeros de Santurce and in his home country for Leones de Santo Domingo.[10]
On September 30, 2013, Sosa signed with ratiopharm Ulm of the German Basketball Bundesliga for the 2013–14 season.[11]
On July 7, 2014, Sosa signed with Italian team Dinamo Sassari for the 2014–15 season.[12]
On September 25, 2015, Sosa signed with the Atlanta Hawks.[13] He was waived by the Hawks on October 10, 2015, after appearing in one preseason game.[14] Later that month, he signed with Iranian team Petrochimi Bandar Imam.[15] On April 16, 2016, a day after winning the Iranian Super League title with Petrochimi, Sosa signed with Israeli team Hapoel Jerusalem for the rest of the season.[16]
On August 11, 2016, Sosa signed with Italian team Juvecaserta Basket for the 2016–17 season.[17] On March 15, 2017, he parted ways with Juvecaserta after averaging 19.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game in the Serie A.[18] Three days later, he signed with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League.[19]
On July 26, 2017, Sosa signed with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2017–18 NBL season.[20] On March 14, 2018, he signed with Reyer Venezia Mestre of the Lega Basket Serie A.[21]
On June 8, 2018, Sosa signed with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the French LNB Pro A.[22] In 18 games played during the 2018–19 season, he averaged 13.2 points and 5.2 assists per game.
On August 24, 2019, Sosa returned to Israel for a second stint, signing with Hapoel Gilboa Galil for the 2019–20 season.[23] On January 12, 2020, Sosa recorded a season-high 38 points, while shooting 6-of-10 from three-point range, along with four rebounds and four assists in a 98–93 win over his former team Hapoel Jerusalem.[24] He was subsequently named Israeli League Round 15 MVP.[25]
On July 26, 2020, he signed with Boulazac Basket Dordogne of LNB Pro A.[26]
On February 16, 2021, he signed with Rasta Vechta of the Basketball Bundesliga.[27] Sosa averaged 16.5 points, 3.4 assists, and 2.0 rebounds per game.
On September 2, 2021, he signed with Zamalek of the Egyptian Basketball Super League.[28] On May 28, he was named to the All-BAL First Team of the 2022 season, helping Zamalek to a third place with a team leading 18.5 points per game.
On September 18, 2022, Sosa joined Al-Naft SC of the Iraqi Basketball League.[29]
Sosa made his debut for the Dominican national team in 2011. In 2014, he represented the Dominican Republic at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.[30]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
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