Román Soto Vergara (1923 – 22 July 2016) was a Chilean football manager. He has been one of the four Chilean managers who have worked in Costa Rica along with Hugo Tassara, Constantino Mohor and Javier Mascaró.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Román Soto Vergara | ||
| Date of birth | 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Chile | ||
| Date of death | 22 July 2016 (aged 93) | ||
| Place of death | Montes de Oca, Costa Rica | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1951 | Antofagasta (city team) | ||
| 1951–1952 | Temuco (city team) | ||
| 1952 | Fanaloza | ||
| 1954 | Magallanes (assistant) | ||
| 1961 | LDU Quito | ||
| 1966 | Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
| 1967 | Puntarenas | ||
| 1968 | Herediano | ||
| Uruguay de Coronado | |||
| Orión | |||
| 1971 | Rohrmoser | ||
Career edit
In his country of birth, Soto coached the city teams of both Antofagasta and Temuco as well as club Fanaloza from Penco.[2] He also was the assistant of Isaac Mlynarz in Magallanes.[3]
He moved abroad and led Ecuadorian club LDU Quito in the 1961 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol.[4] In addition, he won the Campeonato Profesional Interandino [es].[5] As a curiosity, he made a recommendation letter to the State Technical University [es] for the former youth player Max Berrú, who later was one of the founders of the well-known band Inti Illimani.[6]
In 1966, he coached Atlético Bucaramanga in the Campeonato Profesional of Colombia.[7]
Since 1967, he settled in Costa Rica and coached Puntarenas in 1967,[8] Herediano in 1968,[9] Uruguay de Coronado, Orión[4] and Rohrmoser [es] in 1971.[10]
Other works edit
In addition to work as a football coach, he also was a football instructor at the INCUDE in the 1970s and a member of the FIFA football managers.[4]
Always in Costa Rica, he worked as a football commentator in radio media.[4]
Personal life edit
Soto made his home in Costa Rica and died on 22 July 2016 at the age of 93.[4]
Honours edit
LDU Quito
References edit
- ^ "Chilenos destacados". Chile en el Exterior (in Spanish). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "El entrenador Román Solo estima que no debe imperar la rigidez en las iáclicas" (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Diego Portales University: 8. 7 January 1952. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Futbolerías" (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Diego Portales University: 11. 19 November 1954. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Falleció ex técnico chileno radicado en Costa Rica Román Soto Vergara". everardoherrera.com (in Spanish). 23 July 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ a b LIGA DEPORTIVA UNIVERSITARIA campeón Interandino 1961. Fútbol de antaño Ecuador on Facebook (in Spanish)
- ^ Morales, Ítalo (1 May 2018). "Max Berrú, el ex jugador de Liga de Quito que llegó a Chile para el Mundial" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Díaz Correa, Hermes (21 July 2012). "IGNACIO PACHECO DUEÑAS, EL CENTAVO DEL FUTBOL DE SANTANDER…". BersoaHoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
el técnico era Román Soto Vergara (chileno)
- ^ Puntarenas FC 1967 Costa Rica Retro Fútbol on Facebook (in Spanish)
- ^ Calvo, Rodrigo (27 October 2014). "Buzón de Rodrigo". www.lanacion.com (in Spanish). La Nación (Costa Rica). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Calvo, Rodrigo (30 January 2021). "Historia de Rohrmoser en el fútbol tico". www.diarioextra.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2022.