Carlos Soto (footballer, born 1965)

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

Not to be confused with Carlos Soto (footballer, born 1959).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Soto and the second or maternal family name is Olivares.
Carlos Soto
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Soto Olivares
Date of birth (1965-03-12) 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

Club career

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

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

He led SIFUP, 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

Universidad Católica

References
  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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.