Elkin Soto

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Elkin Soto
Personal information
Full name Elkin Soto Jaramillo
Date of birth (1980-08-04) 4 August 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Manizales, Colombia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Once Caldas (youth manager)
Youth career
Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2004 Once Caldas 194 (25)
2005–2006 Barcelona SC 44 (7)
2007–2016 Mainz 05 191 (14)
2016–2017 Once Caldas 43 (2)
2019 Once Caldas 3 (0)
International career
2004–2013 Colombia 26 (6)
Managerial career
2022– Once Caldas (youth)
2023 Once Caldas (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Elkin Soto Jaramillo (born 4 August 1980) is a Colombian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Once Caldas' youth categories.

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Club career

Soto was born in Manizales, Caldas Department.

He was one of the fundamental parts in Once Caldas Copa Libertadores 2004 historic final against Boca Juniors in which they won.

Following one season with Ecuadorian side, Barcelona SC, Soto was signed by Jurgen Klopp to play for Bundesliga side, Mainz 05, where he spent 9 seasons (2007-2016), during which time he also played for Thomas Tuchel.

On 1 February 2019, it was confirmed that Soto had returned to Once Caldas for the third time. [1] Soto retired at the end of the 2018–19 season. [2]

International career

He is also a starter of the Colombia national team where he plays left wing midfielder. He has been known for scoring many game-winning goals and is seen as a real leader on the field. He played the last five games of the qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and scored against Peru, Ecuador and Uruguay. He has scored many goals in friendlies as well.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 15 May 2017 [3]
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colombia Categoría Primera A Copa Colombia Continental1Other2Total
Once Caldas 1999 30———30
2000 202———202
2001 314———314
2002 313———313
2003 425———425
2004 345—141—486
2005 336—121—457
Total19425002620022027
Ecuador Serie A CupContinental1OtherTotal
Barcelona 2006 447———447
Total447000000447
Germany Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Continental3OtherTotal
Mainz 05 2006–07 8000000080
2007–08 7100000071
2008–09 232000000232
2009–10 301100000311
2010–11 264200000284
2011–12 311302000361
2012–13 281300000311
2013–14 201100000211
2014–15 163001000173
2015–16 1000000010
Total19014100300020314
Colombia Categoría Primera A Copa Colombia Continental1Other2Total
Once Caldas 2016 150000000150
2017 141100000151
Total290100000301
Career total457471102920049649

1 Includes cup competitions such as Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

2 Includes Superliga Colombiana matches.

3 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.

International goals

Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first. [3]

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 June 2005 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, ColombiaFlag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
2–0
5–0
 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.4 September 2005 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, UruguayFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
1–2
2–3
3.1 March 2006 Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, VenezuelaFlag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
1–1
1–1
 Friendly
4.25 May 2006 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United StatesFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
1–1
1–1
5.4 June 2006 Camp Municipal Narcís Sala, Barcelona, SpainFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
1–0
2–0
6.16 August 2006 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, ChileFlag of Chile.svg  Chile
2–1
2–1

Honours

Club

Once Caldas

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References

  1. ↑ "Es oficial: Elkin Soto jugará con el Once Caldas". El Espectador (in Spanish). 1 February 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Elkin Soto le dice adiós al fútbol tras 20 años de carrera profesional". lapatria.com (in Spanish). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 "E. Soto". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
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