Mario Soto (footballer, born 1950)

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|fullname = Mario del Tránsito Soto Benavides

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|7|10}}

|birth_place = Santiago, Chile

|height = {{height|m=1.77}}

|position = Centre back

|youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Magallanes

|years1 = 1969–1973 | clubs1 = Magallanes

|years2 = 1974–1976 | clubs2 = Union Española

|years3 = 1977 | clubs3 = Palmeiras

|years4 = 1978–1985 | clubs4 = Cobreloa

|years5 = 1986 | clubs5 = Deportes Concepción

|years6 = 1986 | clubs6 = Audax Italiano

|years7 = 1987–1989 | clubs7 = Lozapenco

|caps1 = ?

|caps2 = 59

|caps3 = 3

|caps4 = 190

|caps5 = ?

|caps6 = ?

|caps7 = ?

|goals1 = ?

|goals2 = 1

|goals3 = 0

|goals4 = 11

|goals5 = ?

|goals6 = ?

|goals7 = ?

|totalcaps = | totalgoals =

| manageryears1 = 2004 | managerclubs1 = Unión San Felipe

| manageryears2 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs2 = Santiago Wanderers

| manageryears3 = 2010 | managerclubs3 = Cobreloa

|nationalyears1 = 1975–1985 | nationalteam1 = Chile | nationalcaps1 = 48 | nationalgoals1 = 1

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Mario del Tránsito Soto Benavides (born July 10, 1950) is a Chilean former football defender who played as a centre back.

Career

Soto played for his native country in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080513234503/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=58290/index.html Mario Soto Statistics] FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2010. In total for his country he played 48 matches scoring 1 goal between 1975 and 1985.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/mario-soto/ |title=Mario Soto |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=17 July 2021}}

Soto is one of the biggest idols of Chilean club Cobreloa.

He also played for club football for Chileans CD Magallanes and Unión Española, and Brazilian side Palmeiras.

Honours

Unión Española

Chilean Primera División: 1975

Cobreloa

Chilean Primera División: 1980, 1982, 1985

Lozapenco

Chilean Tercera División: {{ill|lt=1989|Tercera División de Chile 1989|es|vertical-align=sup}}

References

External links

{{BDFA|MARIO-SOTO-59984}}
[https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/entrenadores/mario-soto/ Mario Soto] at MemoriaWanderers {{inlang|es}}
[https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1975/07/mario-soto-benavides.html Mario Soto] at PartidosdeLaRoja {{inlang|es}}

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