Gabriel Sotomayor

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sotomayor and the second or maternal family name is Cardozo.
Gabriel Sotomayor
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Agustín Sotomayor Cardozo
Date of birth (1999-07-02) 2 July 1999
Place of birth Yacuiba, Bolivia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Floriana
Number 10
Youth career
Petrolero
2017–2019 The Strongest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2024 The Strongest 87 (23)
2025– Floriana 10 (1)
International career‡
2024– Bolivia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:23, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:35, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Gabriel Agustín Sotomayor Cardozo (born 2 July 1999) is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a winger for Maltese club Floriana.

He began his senior career at The Strongest, where he won the Bolivian Primera División in 2023. 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.[1]

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.[2][3]

After playing only 11 games and scoring twice in the following two years, Sotomayor extended his contract in January 2022 to last until 2024.[1] In the 2023 season, he scored seven goals in 24 games as his team won the title.[4][5] His contract was renewed for 2024.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
The Strongest 2019 Bolivian Primera División 9 4 — — 9 4
2020 6 0 — 0 0 6 0
2021 5 2 — 0 0 5 2
2022 25 4 — 2[b] 0 27 4
2023 24 7 6 2 3[c] 0 33 9
2024 18 6 0 0 3[c] 0 21 6
Total 87 23 6 2 8 0 101 25
Floriana 2024–25 Maltese Premier League 10 1 3 1 — 13 2
Career total 97 24 9 3 8 0 114 27
  1. ^ Includes Copa Bolivia, Maltese FA Trophy
  2. ^ One appearance in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

International

As of match played 15 November 2024
National team Year Apps Goals
Bolivia 2024 1 0
Total 1 0

References

  1. ^ a b Bonilla, Marcos (18 January 2022). "El Tigre amplía el contrato de Sotomayor y le mejora el salario" [Tigre extend Sotomayor's contract and improve his salary] (in Spanish). Premium. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  2. ^ Tejerina, David (1 December 2019). "The Strongest goleó 4-0 a Nacional Potosí" [The Strongest thrashed Nacional Potosí 4-0] (in Spanish). Info Diez. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Sotomayor, de pasapelotas a ser la estrella en The Strongest" [Sotomayor, from ballboy to being the star of The Strongest] (in Spanish). Goal. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Romero alcanzó a Triverio en la cima de la tabla de goleadores" [Romero reached Triverio at the summit of the goalscoring charts] (in Spanish). Eju!. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  5. ^ "The Strongest se corona campeón con destacada presencia de jugadores tarijeños en su plantel" [The Strongest crowned champions with highlighted presence of players from Tarija in the squad] (in Spanish). ATB. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  6. ^ Paz, Paulino (1 January 2024). "Wayar, Sotomayor y Quiroga: Renovados en The Strongest" [Wayar, Sotomayor and Quiroga: Renewed at The Strongest]. El País (Tarija) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  7. ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (29 January 2025). "Ħamrun striker Menacho and Floriana's winger Sotomayor to arrive in Malta on Wednesday night". The Times of Malta. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  8. ^ Duran, Rainer (6 February 2025). "Gabriel Sotomayor debutó con gol en la victoria del Floriana FC de Malta" [Gabriel Sotomayor debuted with a goal in victory for Floriana FC of Malta]. El Deber (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  9. ^ Carrión, Edson Matías (24 May 2024). "Selección Boliviana: Un jugador de Tomayapo y dos tarijeños fueron citados por Zago" [Bolivian national team: A player from Tomayopo and two from Tarija were called up by Zago]. El País (Tarija) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  10. ^ Siles, Ramiro (15 November 2024). "Villegas defiende el proyecto: "Implica renovación y dar oportunidad a los jóvenes"" [Villegas defends the project: "It implies renovation and giving opportunities to the young players"] (in Spanish). Premium. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
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