Mario Soto (footballer, born 1950)

(Redirected from Mario Benavides Soto)

Mario del Tránsito Soto Benavides (born July 10, 1950) is a Chilean former football defender who played as a centre back.

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+12 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

Career

edit

Soto played for his native country in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[1] In total for his country he played 48 matches scoring 1 goal between 1975 and 1985.[2]

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

edit

Unión Española

Cobreloa

Lozapenco

References

edit
  1. ^ Mario Soto Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Mario Soto". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
edit