Borna Sosa

Borna Sosa (Croatian pronunciation: [boːrna soːsa]; born 21 January 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a left wing-back for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Croatia national team.

International Career

Sosa represented Croatia at the 2015 UEFA Under-17 Euro and the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In May 2018, he was named in Zlatko Dalic's preliminary 32-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia but did not make the final 23. He was named in Nenad Gracan's squad for the UEFA Under-21 Euro 2019 and Igor Biscan's squad for the UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021. However, he was ruled out of the latter squad at the last minute due to a knee injury.

On 7 May 2021, it was reported by Sportske novosti and Sky Sport that Sosa was given German citizenship, on Germany coach Joachim Low's initiative, through his mother Vesna who was born and raised in Berlin, and was expected to represent Germany at the UEFA Euro 2020. A day later, on 8 May, Sosa himself confirmed the information to 24sata. However, on 11 May, Oliver Bierhoff, the technical director of the German Football Association, announced that Sosa is ineligible to play for Germany according to the FIFA rules. Two days later, on 13 May, Sosa issued an official apology to the Croatian public, Croatia national team fans and the Croatian Football Federation via the Federation's website.

Sosa earned his first call-up to the national team on 16 August 2021, ahead of the September World Cup qualifiers against Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia. He made his debut on 1 September in a goalless draw against the first opponent, being named in the starting lineup.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Борна Соса (russian)