- Mario Soto (footballer)
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Mario Soto Benavides (born July 10, 1950 in Santiago de Chile) was a Chilean football defender, who 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. 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.
References
- ^ Mario Soto Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
Chile squad – 1975 Copa América Chile squad – 1979 Copa América Runners-up Chile squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup Chilean Footballer of the Year 1982: Mario Soto | 1983: Miguel Ángel Neira | 1984: Lizardo Garrido | 1985: Rafael González | 1986: Oscar Fabbiani | 1987: Jaime Pizarro | 1988: Jaime Pizarro | 1989: Héctor Hoffens | 1990: Iván Zamorano | 1991: Mario Osbén | 1992: Juan Covarrubias | 1993: Jorge Contreras | 1994: Alberto Acosta | 1995: Cristian Traverso | 1996: Sebastián Rozental | 1997: Pedro Reyes | 1998: Marcelo Ramírez | 1999: Pedro González | 2000: Sergio Vargas | 2001: Jaime Riveros | 2002: Miguel Ramírez | 2003: Rodrigo Meléndez | 2004: Luis Fuentes | 2005: José Luis Sierra | 2006: Matías Fernández | 2007: Carlos Villanueva | 2008: Gary Medel | 2009: Claudio Bravo | 2010: Rodrigo MillarCategories:- 1950 births
- Living people
- Chilean footballers
- Cobreloa footballers
- Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
- Unión Española footballers
- Chile international footballers
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- 1975 Copa América players
- 1979 Copa América players
- Association football defenders
- Expatriate footballers in Brazil
- People from Santiago
- Chilean football biography stubs
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