Carlos Soto (footballer, born 1965)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Alberto Soto Olivares | ||
Date of birth | 12 March 1965 | ||
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) |
1987 | → O'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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Universidad Católica
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Universidad Catolica 1990 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Historia - POR FIN EL RETORNO A PRIMERA". O'Higgins FC - El orgullo de la Región (in Spanish). O'Higgins FC. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Espina, Eduardo (22 January 2006). "Chile 1983". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ @futboldeantescl (6 February 2020). "Universidad Católica Campeón de la Copa Polla Gol 1983" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Universidad Católica Año 1984 Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Videos on Facebook (in Spanish)
- ^ "Carlos Soto :: Carlos Alberto Soto Olivares ::". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Fernández, Felipe (22 December 2021). "A 30 años del subcampeonato de Coquimbo Unido". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Santiago Morning Año 1997 Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Videos on Facebook (in Spanish)
- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Panamericanos". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Directivas Sifup". sifup.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "La nueva vida de Carlos Soto tras dejar la presidencia del Sifup" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ González, Christian (7 September 2018). "Carlos Soto se hace agente" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- Carlos Soto at PlaymakerStats.com
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- Coquimbo Unido footballers
- Deportes Temuco footballers
- Provincial Osorno footballers
- Santiago Morning footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Men's association football midfielders