Emilce "Mimi" Sosa (born 11 September 1987) is an Argentine

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player who represents Argentina in international competition. She participated with the Argentina national team at the

Pan-American Volleyball Cup Pan-American, Pan American, Panamerican, Pan-America, Pan America or Panamerica may refer to: * Collectively, the Americas: North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean * Something of, from, or related to the Americas * Pan-Amer ...

(in

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

), the

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), the

FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Initially the tournament was played in the year followi ...

(in

), the

2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, FIVB Women's World Championship was the seventeenth edition of the competition, contested by the 24 senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing bod ...

in Italy,

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the event, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Japan from 29 Se ...

, the

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

in Canada, and the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in Brazil. At club level, she played for Olimpico Freyre, Instituto de Córdoba, Boca Juniors, CSM București, Ştiinţa Bacău and Rio do Sul before moving to Esporte Clube Pinheiros in 2016.

Personal life

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

descendant, Sosa was born in

Ibarreta Ibarreta is a settlement in northern Argentina. It is located in Formosa Province. Populated places in Formosa Province Cities in Argentina {{FormosaAR-geo-stub ...

, a settlement in the

Formosa Province Formosa Province () is a province in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region. Formosa's northeast end touches Asunción, Paraguay, and the province borders the provinces of Chaco and Salta to its south and west, respectively. The ...

(North east Argentina), during her first years, she lived in the nearby city of

Las Lomitas Las Lomitas is a city in northern Argentina. It is located in the Patiño Department in the center of Formosa Province. It has a population of 12,399 inhabitants as of the . This represented a 20% increase in the population compared to the whi ...

. At the time her mother was working in a

Wichí The Wichí are a group indigenous people of South America. They are a large group of tribes, inhabiting the headwaters of the Bermejo River and the Pilcomayo River, in Argentina and Bolivia. Notes on designation This ethnic group was referred ...

community in the west of the province (around 300 km from Las Lomitas) and when Sosa was 8 years, she moved to the community with her father and siblings. Her first sport was

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, it was due to her mother influence that she took on volleyball when she was 14 years and started playing at Club Escuela de Comercio de Las Lomitas. She moved to

Córdoba Córdoba most commonly refers to: * Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain * Córdoba, Argentina, the second largest city in Argentina and the capital of Córdoba Province Córdoba or Cord ...

at the age of 16, after being selected to play football for

Belgrano de Córdoba Belgrano may refer to: People * Joaquín Belgrano (1773–1848), an Argentine patriot * José Denis Belgrano (1844–1917), Spanish painter * Joseph Belgrano (1762–1823), Argentine military officer and politician, brother of Manuel * Manuel Bel ...

and was also playing volleyball at

Club Universitario de Córdoba Club Universitario de Córdoba (familiarly known as La U) is a sports club based in Córdoba, Argentina. The rugby union team currently plays at the Torneo de Córdoba (rugby), Torneo de Córdoba, the regional league organised by Unión Cordobesa ...

. Only when asked to decide which sport to follow, she chose volleyball. From Universitario de Córdoba she moved to

Asociación Deportiva Atenas Asociación Deportiva Atenas, mostly known as Atenas de Córdoba, is a sports club based in Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba, Argentina. It was founded in 1938, and is mostly known for its achievements in basketball. The club is the most successful t ...

before starting her professional career at Olímpico de Freyre. Emilce is openly lesbian and was married to Brazilian volleyball player

Milka Silva Milka Marcília Medeiros Silva (born 18 July 1994) is a Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She is a current member of the Brazil women's national volleyball team The Brazil women's national volleyball team is administered by the ''Confedera� ...

Clubs

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* Olimpico Freyre (2005–2006) * Instituto de Córdoba (2006–2007) *

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

(2007–2011) *

CSM București Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional multi-sports club based in Bucharest. Departments Active branches: *Athletics *Basketball *Dancesport *Handball *Judo *Scrabble *Volleyball Defunct ...

(2011–2012) *

CS Ştiinţa Bacău CS, C-S, C.S., Cs, cs, or cs. may refer to: Job titles * Chief Secretary (Hong Kong) * Chief superintendent, a rank in the British and several other police forces * Company secretary, a senior position in a private sector company or public sec ...

(2012–2014) *

Rio do Sul Rio do Sul is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. One of the postcards of the city is the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Other important buildings are Ponte dos Arcos, a former railway station and Ge ...

(2015–2016) *

Esporte Clube Pinheiros The Esporte Clube Pinheiros, founded on 7 September 1899, by German immigrants, under the name Sport Club Germânia (Sport Club Germany), is a multi-sports and social club located in the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo. The full name of the cl ...

(2016–2017) * São Caetano Esporte Clube (2017–2018) *

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(2018) *

Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Boedo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División, the first tier of the Argentine foot ...

(2020-)

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