Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sebastian Guerra Soto [1] | ||
Date of birth | July 28, 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Carlsbad, California, United States | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Austria Klagenfurt | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Carlsbad Lightning | |||
–2015 | San Diego Surf | ||
2016–2018 | Real Salt Lake | ||
2018–2019 | Hannover 96 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018 | California Golden Bears | 0 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Hannover 96 II | 3 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Hannover 96 | 5 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Telstar (loan) | 12 | (7) |
2021–2022 | → Porto B (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2022 | → Livingston (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2022– | Austria Klagenfurt II | 3 | (3) |
2022– | Austria Klagenfurt | 12 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | United States U19 | 4 | (5) |
2018–2019 | United States U20 | 11 | (6) |
2019–2021 | United States U23 | 6 | (2) |
2020 | United States | 2 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 17, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 4, 2021 |
Sebastian Guerra Soto (born July 28, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Austrian Bundesliga club Austria Klagenfurt. [2]
Soto began his youth career with San Diego Surf, before moving to the Real Salt Lake youth team in 2016. [3] He signed with the University of California, Berkeley to play college soccer but ultimately decided to go pro. [4]
In August 2018, Soto joined the youth academy of German club Hannover 96 from Real Salt Lake. [5] Playing in the 2018-19 Under 19 Bundesliga, Soto scored 17 goals in 27 matches for Hannover. [6] He made his professional debut for the first team in the Bundesliga on April 6, 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute for Marvin Bakalorz in the 1–3 away loss against VfL Wolfsburg. [7]
Soto joined Norwich City on July 28, 2020, and signed a three-year deal. [8]
In August 2020, Soto joined Dutch side Telstar on loan for the 2020–21 season. [9] Soto made his first start for the club on September 28, 2020, scoring two goals against FC Den Bosch. [10] In January 2021, Soto was recalled by Norwich after having scored 7 goals in just 12 league matches. [11] [12]
On July 3, 2021, Soto joined FC Porto B on a season-long loan. [13] This loan was terminated mid-season, and on January 26, 2022, Soto joined Scottish Premiership side Livingston on loan for the remainder of the campaign. [14]
At the beginning of the 2022–23 season, Soto returned to Norwich City after a brief trial at Barnsley was cut short, with manager Michael Duff citing Soto's failure to report a foot injury in a warm-up game against Crewe. [15] [16]
On August 25, 2022, Soto signed a three-year deal with Austrian Bundesliga side Austria Klagenfurt. [17]
Soto made his debut for the United States under-19 team in May 2018, scoring five goals in four matches at the 2018 Slovakia Cup, where he won the Golden Boot award as top scorer. [18]
In September 2018, he made his under-20 debut in a friendly match against Jamaica, scoring a brace in the 3–1 win. [19] In November 2018, Soto was added as a replacement player to the United States' squad for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. [20] He made two appearances in the tournament, with the US going on to win the title. [2] [21]
On May 27, 2019, Soto scored two goals against Nigeria during the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [22] He scored another brace on June 4 in the round of 16 match against France. [23]
Soto was named to the team for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship after a postponement in March 2021. [24] The team would fail to qualify for the Olympics.
In September 2020, Soto was called up by Chile for their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Uruguay and Colombia, but he rejected the call-up. [25] [26] [27] Soto was subsequently called up to the senior United States squad in November 2020 by manager Gregg Berhalter for friendly matches against Wales and Panama. [28] Soto made his senior debut for the United States, coming on as a 77th minute substitute and scoring two goals in a 6–2 friendly win against Panama on November 16, 2020. [29]
Soto who is the son of a Chilean father and Mexican mother was born in Carlsbad, California. [30]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hannover 96 | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
Total | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
Hannover 96 II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Nord | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Norwich City | 2020–21 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Telstar (loan) | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 12 | 7 | — | — | — | 12 | 7 | |||
Porto B (loan) | 2021–22 | Liga Portugal 2 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
Livingston (loan) | 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
Austria Klagenfurt II | 2022–23 | Kärntner Liga | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | |||
Austria Klagenfurt | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 55 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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United States | 2020 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 2 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | November 16, 2020 | Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria | 1 | Panama | 4–2 | 6–2 | Friendly |
2 | 6–2 |
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