Jorge Soto (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jorge Soto

| image =

| full_name = Jorge Antonio Soto Gómez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|10|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lima, Peru

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Sporting Cristal (assistant)

| years1 = 1990–1992

| clubs1 = Deportivo Municipal

| caps1 = 42

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 1993–1999

| clubs2 = Sporting Cristal

| caps2 = 229

| goals2 = 61

| years3 = 1999

| clubs3 = Lanús

| caps3 = 15

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2000

| clubs4 = Flamengo

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2000–2003

| clubs5 = Sporting Cristal

| caps5 = 123

| goals5 = 54

| years6 = 2003

| clubs6 = San Luis

| caps6 = 12

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2004–2007

| clubs7 = Sporting Cristal

| caps7 = 132

| goals7 = 37

| years8 = 2008

| clubs8 = Alianza Lima

| caps8 = 7

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2008

| clubs9 = Melgar

| caps9 = 16

| goals9 = 2

| totalcaps = 576

| totalgoals = 163

| nationalyears1 = 1992–2005

| nationalteam1 = Peru

| nationalcaps1 = 101

| nationalgoals1 = 9

| manageryears1 = 2017–

| managerclubs1 = Sporting Cristal (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2020

| managerclubs2 = Sporting Cristal (interim)

| manageryears3 = 2025

| managerclubs3 = Sporting Cristal (interim)

}}

Jorge Antonio Soto Gómez (born 27 October 1971) is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current assistant manager of Sporting Cristal.

Soto is the brother of footballers José Soto and Giancarlo Soto.{{cite web |url = http://dechalaca.com/primera-division/previas-historicas/caudillos-coincidentes4409 |title = Caudillos coincidentes |access-date = 1 September 2012 |date = 13 April 2012 |language = es |publisher = dechalaca.com |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170920231358/http://dechalaca.com/primera-division/previas-historicas/caudillos-coincidentes4409 |archive-date = 20 September 2017 }}

Club career

Soto was born in Lima. Nicknamed "The Camel", he is one of the all-time emblematic figures of Sporting Cristal. He played over 500 games for his club and scored more than 170 goals, making him the highest goal scorer in the club's history.

International career

Soto was capped regularly in the Peru national team from 1992 to 2005.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/peru-recintlp.html Peru - Record International Players at RSSSF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202151750/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/peru-recintlp.html |date=2 February 2009 }} He was also member of Peru's U-23 squad of 1992. Soto played in 101 official games for the Peruvian national team and scored 9 goals in official competition.