Gabriel Sotomayor

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sotomayor and the second or maternal family name is Cardozo.

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

Gabriel Sotomayor

Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Agustín Sotomayor Cardozo
Date of birth	(1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 26)
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 as of 18:23, 9 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:35, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

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
	2025–26		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		10	1	3	1	0	0	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. 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