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.[1][2]

Josué Soto
Personal information
Full name Josué Soto Martínez
Date of birth (1995-12-22) December 22, 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Perris, California, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Querétaro
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 California Baptist Lancers 17 (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Querétaro 0 (0)
2016–2018Cimarrones de Sonora (loan) 46 (0)
2019Austin Bold (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2021 Austin Bold 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 22, 2022

Career edit

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.[3]

On February 5, 2019, Austin Bold FC announced that they had loaned Soto from Querétaro FC for the rest of 2019.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX". Ligamx.net. April 24, 1994. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Josué Soto mentalizado en mejorar su calidad". canalsonora.com. December 29, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  3. ^ a b AUSTIN BOLD FC ADDS DEFENDER JOSUÉ SOTO AND GOALKEEPER JUAN DAVID RAMÍREZ, austinboldfc.com, February 5, 2019

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