Argentina Captain Mimi Sosa Retires from National Team

  0 Braden Keith | October 04th, 2018 | International Volleyball, News, South American Volleyball

Argentina captain Emilce “Mimi” Sosa has announced her retirement from her country’s National Team after her country was formally eliminated on Thursday in Yokohama. The team went out with a win, sweeping Cameroon 3-0, which marked their first win of the tournament.

Sosa has spent 8 years on the National Team, and is arguably her country’s most popular female player with almost 40,000 followers on Instagram.

“I’m very happy with the victory today,” Sosa said. “We needed to win this match, and our mentality was very good today. We were able to play our volleyball and able to keep to our rhythm and our service went very well, which enabled us to cause Cameroon problems with our attack.

“I decided to retire from the national team last year. I wanted to spend a little more time with my family and also take some rest. I have been playing for the national team for eight years and when the coach selected me for this squad I was happy that I would be able to retire at this competition, so I accepted the selection. I wanted to play for my teammates and I wanted to do my best for my country as well.”

The 5’10”, 31-year old middle blocker ranked 5th on the Argentina team in scoring at this year’s World Championships, and led them with 9 blocks (.60/set, 15th in the tournament). That includes 12 points and a team-best 3 blocks in their finale sweep of Cameroon.

Her career with the National Team included bronze medals at the 2013 and 2015 Pan American Volleyball Cups.

Sosa has spent the majority of her professional career playing in the South American leagues, though she did have a stint in Romania. She most recently played with Pinheiros in Brazil, will still play the upcoming professional season with the Brasilia club in the Brazilian SuperLeague.

Sosa’s farewell Instagram post:

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No me queda más que agradecer a este grupo por dejar todo en las buenas y en las malas! Son guerreras, compañeras, siempre dispuestas a levantarse de cada tropiezo y sobre todo buenas personas me llevo lo mejor de cada una (Y de las que no estan) Fue un honor haber jugado este torneo con Uds!!! Gracias al cuerpo técnico por acompañarnos y apoyarnos en todo, por guiarnos y darnos consejos, siempre ha sido un placer trabajar con Uds. Gracias familia por bancame en las buenas y en las mala, por no dejarme sola nunca y por estar siempre ❤ e obrigada meu amor por aguentar a distância e as viagens infinitas, por me apoiar mesmo sabendo que tudo e tão difícil, por acordar de madrugada pra assistir meus jogos heheh e por ser minha companheira a cada dia. Te amo Tantisimo @milkamms1 Por último quiero agradecer a cada uno de uds los fans del voley que nos apoyo y creyó en nosotras en cada torneo en cada partido!!! No saben el orgullo que sentí estos 8 años vistiendo la celeste y blanca. Gracias infinitas!!!!! 🇦🇷❤

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