Mario del Tránsito Soto Benavides (born July 10, 1950) is a Chilean former football defender who played as a centre back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mario del Tránsito Soto Benavides | ||
| Date of birth | July 10, 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Magallanes | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1973 | Magallanes | ? | (?) |
| 1974–1976 | Union Española | 59 | (1) |
| 1977 | Palmeiras | 3 | (0) |
| 1978–1985 | Cobreloa | 190 | (11) |
| 1986 | Deportes Concepción | ? | (?) |
| 1986 | Audax Italiano | ? | (?) |
| 1987–1989 | Lozapenco | ? | (?) |
| International career | |||
| 1975–1985 | Chile | 48 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| 2005–2006 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| 2010 | Cobreloa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Soto played for his native country in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[1] In total for his country he played 48 matches scoring 1 goal between 1975 and 1985.[2]
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 edit
Unión Española
Cobreloa
- Chilean Primera División (3): 1980, 1982, 1985
Lozapenco
- Chilean Tercera División (1): 1989 [es]
References edit
- ^ Mario Soto Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ "Mario Soto". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
External links edit
- Mario Soto at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Mario Soto at MemoriaWanderers (in Spanish)
- Mario Soto at PlaymakerStats
- Mario Soto at PartidosdeLaRoja (in Spanish)
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