Diego Soñora

Diego Luis Soñora (born 17 July 1969 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He is the father of Alan Soñora and Joel Soñora.[1][2]

Diego Soñora
Soñora with Boca Juniors in 1992
Personal information
Full name Diego Luis Soñora
Date of birth (1969-07-17) 17 July 1969
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1995 Boca Juniors 202 (3)
1996–1997 Dallas Burn 47 (3)
1998 MetroStars 30 (3)
1999 D.C. United 27 (1)
2000–2001 Deportes Concepción
2001 Tampa Bay Mutiny 4 (0)
2002 Cerro Porteño
? Defensores de Belgrano
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2011

Career

Soñora, nicknamed "Chiche", spent a large part of his career with Argentine giants Boca Juniors where he won 5 titles between 1988 and 1995. Soñora played a total of 266 games for Boca in all competitions, scoring 5 goals.

In 1996 Soñora moved to Major League Soccer's Dallas Burn for the league's inaugural season, 1996. He would play two seasons for Dallas, before a switch to the MetroStars in 1998. A season later, he was sent to D.C. United and helped them to the 1999 MLS Cup. Soñora left MLS after that season, and played in Chile for Deportes Concepción before a short return to the US and Tampa Bay Mutiny in 2001. He then joined Cerro Porteño of Paraguay before returning to Argentina to play for lower league side Defensores de Belgrano, before retiring as a player.

In MLS, Soñora was an All-Star in his first three seasons in the league, and scored a total of seven goals and 21 assists.

Personal life

Soñora has two footballing sons in Alan and Joel.[1] Alan started his senior career with Independiente, while Joel played for the United States at youth level and signed with Germany's VfB Stuttgart in 2016.[1]

Honours

Boca Juniors

Dallas Burn

DC United

Individual

References
  1. "Now on Independiente first team, Sonora aims for pro debut & U.S. call-up". American Soccer Now. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. "Boca Juniors Midfielder Added to U.S. U-17 MNT Roster for Argentina Trip". United States Soccer Federation. October 22, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
  3. All-Star Game flashback, 1996 Archived December 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine at MLSsoccer.com
  4. All-Star Game flashback, 1997 at MLSsoccer.com
  5. "1998 MLS All-Star Game". MLSsoccer.com. August 2, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
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