Mario Soto (footballer, born 1950)

Chilean footballer

Mario Soto
Personal information
Full name	Mario del Tránsito Soto Benavides
Date of birth	(1950-07-10) July 10, 1950 (age 74)
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

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. In total for his country he played 48 matches scoring 1 goal between 1975 and 1985.

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 (1): 1975

Cobreloa

Chilean Primera División (3): 1980, 1982, 1985

Lozapenco

Chilean Tercera División (1): 1989

References

Mario Soto Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
"Mario Soto". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

External links

Mario Soto at BDFA (in Spanish)
Mario Soto at MemoriaWanderers (in Spanish)
Mario Soto at PlaymakerStats
Mario Soto at PartidosdeLaRoja (in Spanish)

Chile squads

v t e Chile squad – 1975 Copa América
GK Nef GK Vallejos DF González DF Galindo DF Herrera DF Machuca DF Soto MF Araneda MF Díaz MF Gamboa MF Inostroza MF Lara MF Las Heras MF Reinoso MF Valdés FW Ahumada FW Crisosto FW Méndez FW Spedaletti FW Véliz Coach: Morales

v t e Chile squad – 1979 Copa América runners-up
GK Osbén GK Wirth DF Escobar DF Figueroa DF Galindo DF González DF Soto DF Quintano DF Quiroz DF Valenzuela MF Bonvallet MF Dubó MF Neira MF Rivas MF Rojas MF Véliz FW Caszely FW Estay FW Fabbiani FW Peredo FW Pinto FW Yáñez Coach: Santibáñez

v t e Chile squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Wirth 2 Garrido 3 Valenzuela 4 Bigorra 5 Figueroa (c) 6 Dubó 7 Bonvallet 8 Rivas 9 Letelier 10 Soto 11 Moscoso 12 Cornez 13 Caszely 14 Ormeño 15 Yáñez 16 M. Rojas 17 O. Rojas 18 Galindo 19 Escobar 20 Neira 21 Gamboa 22 Osbén Coach: Santibáñez

Awards

Chilean Footballer of the Year

1982: Soto
1983: Neira
1984: Garrido
1985: R. González
1986: Fabbiani
1987: Pizarro
1988: Pizarro
1989: Hoffens
1990: Zamorano
1991: Osbén
1992: Covarrubias
1993: Contreras
1994: Acosta
1995: Traverso
1996: Rozental
1997: Reyes
1998: Ma. Ramírez
1999: P. González
2000: S. Vargas
2001: Riveros
2002: Mi. Ramírez
2003: Meléndez
2004: Fuentes
2005: Sierra
2006: Fernández
2007: Villanueva
2008: Medel
2009: Bravo
2010: Millar
2011: E. Vargas
2012: Aránguiz
2013: Toselli
2014: Valdés
2015: Bravo
2016: Vidal
2017: Valdés
2018: Paredes
2019: Fuenzalida
2020: not awarded
2021: Jiménez
2022: Brereton
2023: Valdés

Copa Chile top scorers

1958: Godoy & Rolón
1959: J. Soto, Sulantay & Torres
1960: Pinnola & Sulantay
1961: Hoffmann, Sepúlveda & M. Soto
1962: Zamora
1974: Fabbiani
1975: Hidalgo
1977: Fabbiani
1979: Ramos
1980: Dávila & Mi. Neira
1981: Cabrera & Zamora
1982: Marcoleta & Vasconcelos
1983: Aravena
1984: A. González
1985: Martínez & Núñez
1986: Letelier
1987: Zamorano
1988: Pérez
1989: Lecaros
1990: Czornomaz, A. González & Reinoso
1991: De Luca
1992: Vega
1993: Montecinos
1994: Glaría & Salas
1995: Acosta
1996: Vergara
1998: Carrasco
2000: Martel
2008: Barrios, García & Ma. Neira
2009: Vildozo
2010: Jara
2011: Frangipane & Latorre
2012–13: De Gregorio & Donoso
2013–14: Díaz
2014–15: C. González & Muñoz
2015: Mora, Orlando & Paredes
2016: Paredes
2017: Ortega
2018: Simón & Lanaro
2019: Parraguez
2021: Morales
2022: Zampedri & Garate
2023: Auzmendi & Palacios

Managerial positions

Unión San Felipe – managers

Baldovinos (1961)
Tirado (1964)
Baldovinos (1964)
Silva (1964–69)
Díaz (1968)
Santibáñez (1970–71)
C. Ramírez (1972)
Santibáñez (1972)
Gálvez (1973)
Baldovinos (1974)
Carrasco (1977)
Venegas (1980)
Baldovinos (1982–83)
Prieto (1983)
Santibáñez (1983)
Baldovinos (1984)
Vargas (1984)
Luco (1985)
Quiroz (1985)
Gálvez (1986)
Zelada (1988)
García (1988)
L. Ramírez (1989)
Cortés (1989)
Jara (1990)
Cortés (1991–92)
Hermosilla (1992)
Gaete (1993–94)
Gálvez (1994)
Cortés (1995–96)
Delgado (1997)
Núñez (1997)
Di Meola (1998–99)
Laraignée (1999)
Godoy (1999)
Toro (2000–03)
M. Soto (2004)
Godoy (2004–05)
Espinoza (2006)
Paolorossi (2006)
Chazarreta (2007–08)
Roco (2008)
Flores (2008)
Mariani (2008–09)
Cisneros (2009–10)
Basay (2010)
Cossio (2011)
Chazarreta (2011)
Marchesini (2011)
Cossio (2011–12)
Figueroa (2012)
Chazarreta (2012)
N. Soto (2012–13)
Miranda (2013)
Cisneros (2013)
Rambert (2014)
Miranda (2014)
Ponce (2014–15)
Vigevani (2015)
Guajardo (2015)
Corengia (2015–16)
Fredes (2016)
Lovrincevich (2016)
Vigevani (2017)
Madrid (2017)
Ayude (2017–18)
Arcos (2018)
Lovrincevich (2018)
Arcos (2018)
Madrid (2018)
Yllana (2019)
Peralta (2019)
Corengia (2019)
Durán (2020)
Roco (2020–21)
Arrotea (2021)
Acuña (2021)
Rivero (2021)
Orellana (2022)
Suárez (2022)
Rivero (2022)
Cavalieri (2023)
Sánchez (2023)
López (2023)
Rivero (2023)
Orellana (2024)
Lovrincevich (2024)
González (2024)
Muñoz (2024–)

Santiago Wanderers – managers

Mazullo (1935–36)
Opazo (1937–68)
Lecea (1943–45)
Plattkó (1948)
Pérez (1949–50)
Plattkó (1951–52)
Velasco (1952–53)
Sponeck (1954)
Pérez (1955–61)
Cruzat (1962)
Hernández (1963)
M. García (1964–65)
Hernández (1966)
Pérez (1968)
Díaz (1967)
Hernández (1969)
Luco (1970–71)
Vásquez (1971)
Álamos (1971)
Hormazábal (1972)
Gárate (1972)
Urrutia (1973)
Gárate (1973–74)
Hernández (1974)
Rodríguez (1974)
Pérez (1975–76)
Contreras (1976)
Rojas (1977)
Pérez (1977)
Díaz (1978–79)
Hernández (1979)
Álamos (1979–80)
Luco (1980)
Toro (1980)
Pesce (1981)
Tobar (1981)
Venegas (1981)
Díaz (1982)
Rodríguez Vega (1982)
Morales (1983)
Ibarra (1983)
Díaz (1984–86)
Parraguez (1987)
Ferrero (1988)
Godoy (1988)
Carrasco (1989–90)
Santibáñez (1990)
Blanco (1991)
Godoy (1991)
Tobar (1992)
Carrasco/Mercury (1992)
Figueroa (1993)
R. Aravena (1994)
Siviero (1994–97)
Socías (1997)
Véliz (1998)
P. García (1999)
Páez (1999)
J. Rivero (1999)
Garcés (1999–01)
Dabrowski (2002)
Fernández (2003–04)
R. Aravena (2004)
González (2005)
Soto (2005–06)
Godoy (2006–07)
R. Aravena (2007)
Fernández (2007)
Robles (2007)
Huerta (2008)
J. Aravena (2008–09)
Zuccarelli (2009–10)
Garcés (2010)
Llop (2011)
Robles (2011)
Salah (2012)
Robles (2012)
Basay (2012–14)
Robles (2014)
Astorga (2014–15)
Arias (2015–16)
Espinel (2016–17)
Fernández (2017)
Córdova (2017–18)
Villarroel (2018)
Ramírez (2018–21)
Fuentes (2021)
V. Rivero (2021)
Villarroel (2021)
Astorga (2021)
Villarroel (2021)
Sorace (2021)
Garcés (2021–22)
Valladares (2022)
Ponce (2022)
Palladino (2023–24)
J. García (2024)
Robles (2024–)

Cobreloa – managers

Prieto (1977–79)
Cantatore (1980–84)
J. Toro (1985–86)
Siviero (1986–88)
Hermosilla (1988–89)
Prieto (1989–90)
Cavalleri (1991–92)
Osbén (1992)
Sulantay (1992–93)
Garcés (1994–95)
Hermosilla (1995–97)
Rojas (1997–98)
Salah (1999–2000)
Malbernat (2000–01)
Merello (2001–02)
Acosta (2002–03)
Fournier (2003)
Garisto (2003)
Díaz (2004)
Acosta (2004–05)
Socías (2005)
Hermosilla (2005)
Aravena (2006)
Huerta (2007)
Benítez (2008)
Figueroa (2008)
Trobbiani (2009)
Vallejos (2009)
R. Toro (2009–2010)
Cornejo (2010)
M. Soto (2010)
Acosta (2011–2012)
Torrente (2012)
Figueroa (2013)
García (2013–14)
Bravo (2014)
Trobbiani (2014)
Vergara (2014)
Figueroa (2015)
Vigevani (2015–16)
Bravo (2016)
Rojas (2016)
Bravo (2016)
Sulantay (2017)
Pérez (2018)
Meléndez (2018)
Rivero (2019)
Figueroa (2020)
N. Soto (2020–21)
Meléndez (2021)
Almandoz (2021)
Astorga (2022–24)
N. Soto & Abdala (2024)
Giovagnoli (2024)
Bravo (2024–)

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