Al Naft tabs Edgar Sosa

Defending champion Al Naft Baghdad (Superleague) inked experienced 34-year old American (has also Dominican passport) 190cm forward Edgar Sosa (college: Louisville) for upcoming season. Sosa played most recently at Zamalek in Egyptian Superleague. In 7 Basketball Africa League games he was the best scorer with impressive 18.1ppg and recorded 2.6rpg and 3.1apg last season. He helped them to make it to the semifinals.
Sosa has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2012.
He represented Dominican Republic at the FIBA Americas in Caracas (Venezuela) nine years ago. Sosa's team got to the Semifinals and his stats at that event were 10 games: 6.9ppg, 1.2rpg, 1.8apg, FGP: 42.9%, 3PT: 30.4%, FT: 78.3%.
Sosa is a very experienced player. He has quite traveled the world as his pro career brought him to eleven different countries on five different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia and of course North America). Sosa has played previously professionally in Australia (New Zealand Breakers), France (Gravelines Dunkerque and Boulazac Basket), Germany (ratiopharm Ulm and Rasta Vechta), Iran (Petrochimi), Israel (Gilboa Galil and Hapoel Jerusalem), Italy (BLE Juvecaserta Accademy, Venezia and Sassari), Lebanon (Al Riyadi), Puerto Rico (Cangrejeros), Spain (Valladolid), NBA (Atlanta Hawks) and Dominican Republic (Leones and Reales).
Among many awards he was voted Asia-Basket.com All-Iranian Superleague Guard of the Year back in 2016.
He graduated from University of Louisville in 2010 and it will be his 13th (hopefully lucky) (!!!) season in pro basketball.



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