Juan Soto (footballer, born 1937)

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Juan Soto
Juan Soto, Estadio, 1958-01-10 (763).jpg
Soto Mura in 1958
Personal information
Full name Juan Rodolfo Soto Mura
Date of birth(1937-04-27)27 April 1937
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 11 December 2014(2014-12-11) (aged 77)
Place of death Punta Arenas, Chile
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1957–1962 Colo-Colo (86)
1963–1967 Rangers (81)
1968 Audax Italiano 16 (2)
1969 Colo-Colo (2)
1970 San Antonio Unido
International career
1957–1961 Chile 17 (6)
Managerial career
1981 Deportes La Serena
1982 Puerto Montt (city team)
1983 Provincial Osorno
1985 Chile U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Rodolfo Soto Mura (27 April 1937 – 11 December 2014) was a Chilean footballer and manager who played as a forward.

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Club career

In 18 May 1957, Soto made his professional debut playing for Colo-Colo in a match versus Magallanes. At the match, he scored a goal and was nicknamed El Niño Gol (The Goal Child). In 1963 he moved to Rangers de Talca, becoming the Top Goalscorer of the club history after scoring 81 goals until 1967. In 1968, he played for Audax Italiano, making 16 appearances with 2 goals. He returned to Colo-Colo in 1969, making 118 appearances and scoring 88 goals adding both steps at the club. He ended his career playing for San Antonio Unido in the Segunda División, [1] winning the Copa Isidro Corbinos as the top goalscorer with nine goals alongside his teammate Carlos Vásquez. [2] [3]

International career

He played in 19 matches for the Chile national football team from 1957 to 1961, including non A-Class matches. [4] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1959 South American Championship that took place in Argentina. [5]

Coaching career

Soto coached Deportes La Serena in the Primera División and Provincial Osorno in the Segunda División in 1981 and 1983, respectively. In addition, he coached a team of Puerto Montt city in the 1982 Campeonato Nacional Amateur (National Amateur Championship) [1] and Chile U20 in the 1985 South American Championship. [6]

Later, he made his home in Punta Arenas [7] and coached amateur clubs such as Club Deportivo Salfa, CD Sokol Croata [1] and Club Social y Deportivo Prat. [8]

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo
San Antonio Unido

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Oyarzo, Pablo (12 December 2014). "Juan Soto, el "Niño Gol" viajó a la conquista del paraíso". elpinguino.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Muñoz, Ricardo (13 May 2020). "San Antonio Unido Campeón Copa Isidro Corbinos". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Muñoz Sarmiento, Ricardo (17 July 2012). "San Antonio Unido Portuario Campeón de la Copa Isidro Corbinos 1970". Los Lilas del SAU (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Juan Soto Mura". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "South American Championship 1959 (1st Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Falleció Juan Soto Mura, ex goleador de Colo Colo y Rangers". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Los ocho títulos que instalan al Prat en lo más alto del Regional de Clubes". La Prensa Austral (in Spanish). 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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