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Carlos Soto (footballer, born 1965)

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Carlos Soto
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Soto Olivares
Date of birth (1965-03-12) 12 March 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1990 Universidad Católica 125 (10)
1987O'Higgins (loan) (1)
1991 Coquimbo Unido 25 (4)
1992–1995 Deportes Temuco 99 (5)
1996 Provincial Osorno 8 (0)
1997 Santiago Morning (1)
Total (21)
International career
1983 Chile U20 4 (1)
1983 Chile B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Alberto Soto Olivares (born 12 March 1965) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

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Soto is a product of Universidad Católica youth system, where he coincided with players such as Eduardo Soto, Luis Abarca and Mario Lepe.[1] He stayed with the club until the 1990 season,[2] with a stint on loan at O'Higgins in the 1987 Segunda División, when they got promotion to the top division.[3] With Universidad Católica, Soto won the Copa República,[4] the 1983 Copa Polla Gol[5] and the 1984 Primera División.[6]

In the Chilean Primera División, he also played for Coquimbo Unido, Deportes Temuco and Provincial Osorno.[7] With Coquimbo Unido, they became the runners-up of 1991 Primera División and qualified to the 1992 Copa Libertadores.[8]

He ended his career playing for Santiago Morning in the 1997 Primera B.[9]

International career

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Soto represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1983 South American Championship[10] and scored a goal against Colombia in the first matchday.[11]

At senior level, he represented the Chile national team in the 1983 Pan American Games[12]

Post-retirement

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He led SIFUP [es], the trade union of professional football players in Chile, from 1998 to 2016, alongside former footballers such as Sergio Villegas and Ricardo Rojas.[13] At the same time he studied laws.[14] Once he graduated as a lawyer, he became a football agent in 2018.[15]

Honours

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Universidad Católica

References

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  1. ^ Escobillana, Felipe (7 May 2016). "Quién te parece más de carne y hueso entre Carlos Soto y Julio Pastén" (in Spanish). La Cuarta. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Universidad Catolica 1990 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Historia - POR FIN EL RETORNO A PRIMERA". O'Higgins FC - El orgullo de la Región (in Spanish). O'Higgins FC. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. ^ Espina, Eduardo (22 January 2006). "Chile 1983". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. ^ @futboldeantescl (6 February 2020). "Universidad Católica Campeón de la Copa Polla Gol 1983" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Universidad Católica Año 1984 Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Videos on Facebook (in Spanish)
  7. ^ "Carlos Soto :: Carlos Alberto Soto Olivares ::". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  8. ^ Fernández, Felipe (22 December 2021). "A 30 años del subcampeonato de Coquimbo Unido". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  9. ^ Santiago Morning Año 1997 Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Videos on Facebook (in Spanish)
  10. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  11. ^ Aceituno Rubilar, Freddy Enrique; Álvarez González, Ricardo Blas (November 2016). JUEGOS DE CHICOS PROBLEMAS DE GRANDES: Las selecciones menores del fútbol chileno (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. pp. 86–90. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Panamericanos". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Directivas Sifup". sifup.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  14. ^ "La nueva vida de Carlos Soto tras dejar la presidencia del Sifup" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  15. ^ González, Christian (7 September 2018). "Carlos Soto se hace agente" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
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