Sebastian Soto

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Sebastian Soto
Personal information
Full name Sebastian Guerra Soto [1]
Date of birth (2000-07-28) July 28, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Carlsbad, California, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Carlsbad Lightning
–2015 San Diego Surf
2016–2018 Real Salt Lake
2018–2019 Hannover 96
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 California Golden Bears 0 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2022–2024 Austria Klagenfurt II 4 (3)
2022–2024 Austria Klagenfurt 18 (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 October 20, 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. [2]

Contents

Youth career

Soto began his youth career with San Diego Surf, [3] [4] before moving to the Real Salt Lake youth team in 2016. [5] He signed with the University of California, Berkeley to play college soccer but ultimately decided to go pro. [6]

Club career

Hannover 96

In August 2018, Soto joined the youth academy of German club Hannover 96 from Real Salt Lake. [7] Playing in the 2018-19 Under 19 Bundesliga, Soto scored 17 goals in 27 matches for Hannover. [8] 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. [9]

Norwich City

Soto joined Norwich City on July 28, 2020, and signed a three-year deal. [10]

2020–21 season: Loan to Telstar

In August 2020, Soto joined Dutch side Telstar on loan for the 2020–21 season. [11] Soto made his first start for the club on September 28, 2020, scoring two goals against FC Den Bosch. [12] In January 2021, Soto was recalled by Norwich after having scored 7 goals in just 12 league matches. [13] [14]

2021–22 season: Loans to Porto B and Livingston

On July 3, 2021, Soto joined FC Porto B on a season-long loan. [15] 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. [16]

2022–23 season: Return to Norwich City

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. [17] [18]

Austria Klagenfurt

On August 25, 2022, Soto signed a three-year deal with Austrian Bundesliga side Austria Klagenfurt. [19] His contract with Austria was mutually terminated on October 22, 2024. [20]

International career

Youth

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. [21]

In September 2018, he made his under-20 debut in a friendly match against Jamaica, scoring a brace in the 3–1 win. [22] In November 2018, Soto was added as a replacement player to the United States' squad for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. [23] He made two appearances in the tournament, with the US going on to win the title. [2] [24]

On May 27, 2019, Soto scored two goals against Nigeria during the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [25] He scored another brace on June 4 in the round of 16 match against France. [26]

Soto was named to the team for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship after a postponement in March 2021. [27] The team would fail to qualify for the Olympics.

Senior

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. [28] [29] [30] 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. [31] 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. [32]

Personal life

Soto who is the son of a Chilean father and Mexican mother was born in Carlsbad, California. [33]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played May 19, 2024 [34]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hannover 96 2018–19 Bundesliga 30—30
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 20—20
Total50—50
Hannover 96 II 2018–19 Regionalliga Nord 30—30
Norwich City 2020–21 Championship 00—00
Telstar (loan) 2020–21 Eerste Divisie 127—127
Porto B (loan) 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 81—81
Livingston (loan) 2021–22 Scottish Premiership 120—120
Austria Klagenfurt II 2022–23 Kärntner Liga 33—33
2024–25 Kärntner Liga10—10
Total43—43
Austria Klagenfurt 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 11110121
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga70—70
Total18110191
Career total6212106312

    International

    As of December 10, 2020 [35]
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    United States 202022
    Total22
    Scores and results list United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Soto goal.
    List of international goals scored by Sebastian Soto
    No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1November 16, 2020 Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 4–26–2 Friendly
    26–2

    Honors

    United States U20

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