Josué Soto

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Josué Soto

| fullname = Josué Soto Martínez

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|12|22}}

| birth_place = Perris, California, United States

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Querétaro

| collegeyears1 = 2014

| college1 = California Baptist Lancers

| collegecaps1 = 17

| collegegoals1 = 1

| years1 = 2016–2019

| clubs1 = Querétaro

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2016–2018

| clubs2 = → Cimarrones de Sonora (loan)

| caps2 = 46

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019

| clubs3 = → Austin Bold (loan)

| caps3 = 16

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020–2021

| clubs4 = Austin Bold

| caps4 = 23

| goals4 = 0

| club-update = April 22, 2022

}}

Josué Soto Martínez (born December 22, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who last played as a defender for USL Championship club Austin Bold.{{cite web|url=http://www.ascensomx.net/cancha/jugador/111163/eyJpZENsdWIiOiAxMDcyMX0=/josue-soto-martin|title=LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX |website=Ligamx.net |date=April 24, 1994 |accessdate=January 4, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://h.canalsonora.com/josue-soto-mentalizado-en-mejorar-su-calidad/|title=Josué Soto mentalizado en mejorar su calidad|date=December 29, 2016|website=canalsonora.com|accessdate=May 23, 2017}}

Career

Soto played collegiately at California Baptist University in Riverside, California, where he earned All-PacWest honorable mention honors following his freshman season. Born in Perris, California, Soto attended nearby Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, where he was a four-year starter at forward for the Wolves. In 2016, the California native played with the Querétaro U-20 side, helping the club to a U-20 championship. Soto spent two-plus seasons on loan to Cimarrones de Sonora of the Ascenso MX, where he appeared in 51 matches and logging 3,529 minutes of play.

On February 5, 2019, Austin Bold FC announced that they had loaned Soto from Querétaro FC for the rest of 2019.[https://www.austinboldfc.com/news_article/show/991639 AUSTIN BOLD FC ADDS DEFENDER JOSUÉ SOTO AND GOALKEEPER JUAN DAVID RAMÍREZ], austinboldfc.com, February 5, 2019