Mario Soto (footballer)

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 became notorious in Brazil for his violent behaviour in the 1981 Copa Libertadores de América finals, against Flamengo—which prompted Flamengo coach Paulo César Carpegiani to order forward Anselmo to knock him out at the last minutes of the match, after Flamengo had secured the title.

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

Ahumada Araneda Crisosto Díaz Galindo Gamboa González Herrera Inostroza Lara Las Heras Machuca Méndez Nef Reinoso Soto Spedaletti Valdés Vallejos Véliz Coach: Morales

Chile squad – 1979 Copa América Runners-up

Bonvallet Caszely Dubó Escobar Estay Fabbiani Galindo González Figueroa Neira Osbén Peredo Quintano Quiroz Rivas Rojas Soto Valenzuela Véliz Yáñez Wirth Coach: Santibáñez

Chile squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Wirth 2 Garrido 3 Valenzuela 4 Bigorra 5 Figueroa (c) 6 Dubó 7 Bonvallet 8 Rivas 9 Letelier 10 Soto 11 Moscoso 12 Cornez 13 Caszely 14 Ormeño 15 Yáñez 16 M. Rojas 17 O. Rojas 18 Galindo 19 Escobar 20 Neira 21 Gamboa 22 Osbén Coach: Santibáñez

Chilean Footballer of the Year

1982: Soto
1983: Neira
1984: Garrido
1985: R. González
1986: Fabbiani
1987: Pizarro
1988: Pizarro
1989: Hoffens
1990: Zamorano
1991: Osbén
1992: Covarrubias
1993: Contreras
1994: Acosta
1995: Traverso
1996: Rozental
1997: Reyes
1998: Marcelo Ramírez
1999: P. González
2000: S. Vargas
2001: Riveros
2002: Miguel Ramírez
2003: Meléndez
2004: Fuentes
2005: Sierra
2006: Fernández
2007: Villanueva
2008: Medel
2009: Bravo
2010: Millar
2011: E. Vargas
2012: Aránguiz
2013: Toselli
2014: Valdés
2015: Bravo

Cobreloa – current squad

1 Cacace 3 Hurtado 4 López 5 Ormazábal 6 Gomes 7 Romero 8 Cornejo 9 Alfaro 10 Silva 11 Pavez 12 Carrasco 14 Parra 15 Servín 16 Gómez 17 Sanhueza 18 Barboza 20 Álvarez 21 Gálvez 22 Monreal 23 Jiménez 24 Cofré 25 Contreras 26 Jara 29 Araya 32 Ahumada Manager: Meléndez

Cobreloa – managers

Prieto (1977–79)
Cantatore (1980–84)
Toro (1985–86)
Siviero (1986–88)
Hermosilla (1988–89)
Prieto (1989–90)
Cavalleri (1991–92)
Sulantay (1992–93)
Garcés (1994–95)
Hermosilla (1995–97)
Rojas (1997–98)
Salah (1999–2000)
Malbernat (2000–01)
Merello (2001–02)
Acosta (2002–03)
Fournier (2003)
Garisto (2003)
Díaz (2004)
Acosta (2004–05)
Socías (2005)
Hermosilla (2005)
Aravena (2006)
Huerta (2007)
Benítez (2008)
Figueroa (2008)
Trobbiani (2009)
Vallejos (2009)
Toro (2009–2010)
Cornejo (2010)
Soto (2010)
Acosta (2011–2012)
Torrente (2012)
Figueroa (2013)
García (2013–14)
Trobbiani (2014)
Vergara (2014)
Figueroa (2015)
Vigevani (2015–16)
Rojas (2016–)

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