Román Soto

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Soto and the second or maternal family name is Vergara.
Román Soto
Personal information
Full name Román Soto Vergara
Date of birth 1923
Place of birth Chile
Date of death 22 July 2016 (aged 93)
Place of death Montes de Oca, Costa Rica
Managerial career
Years Team
1951 Antofagasta (city team)
1951–1952 Temuco (city team)
1952 Fanaloza
1954 Magallanes (assistant)
1961 LDU Quito
1966 Atlético Bucaramanga
1967 Puntarenas
1968 Herediano
Uruguay de Coronado
Orión
1971 Rohrmoser

Román Soto Vergara (1923 – 22 July 2016) was a Chilean football manager. He has been one of the four Chilean managers who have worked in Costa Rica along with Hugo Tassara, Constantino Mohor and Javier Mascaró.[1]

Career

In his country of birth, Soto coached the city teams of both Antofagasta and Temuco as well as club Fanaloza from Penco.[2] He also was the assistant of Isaac Mlynarz in Magallanes.[3]

He moved abroad and led Ecuadorian club LDU Quito in the 1961 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol.[4] In addition, he won the Campeonato Profesional Interandino [es].[5] As a curiosity, he made a recommendation letter to the State Technical University [es] for the former youth player Max Berrú, who later was one of the founders of the well-known band Inti Illimani.[6]

In 1966, he coached Atlético Bucaramanga in the Campeonato Profesional of Colombia.[7]

Since 1967, he settled in Costa Rica and coached Puntarenas in 1967,[8] Herediano in 1968,[9] Uruguay de Coronado, Orión[4] and Rohrmoser [es] in 1971.[10]

Other works

In addition to work as a football coach, he also was a football instructor at the INCUDE in the 1970s and a member of the FIFA football managers.[4]

Always in Costa Rica, he worked as a football commentator in radio media.[4]

Personal life

Soto made his home in Costa Rica and died on 22 July 2016 at the age of 93.[4]

Honours

LDU Quito

References

  1. ^ "Chilenos destacados". Chile en el Exterior (in Spanish). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  2. ^ "El entrenador Román Solo estima que no debe imperar la rigidez en las iáclicas" (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Diego Portales University: 8. 7 January 1952. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Futbolerías" (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Diego Portales University: 11. 19 November 1954. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Falleció ex técnico chileno radicado en Costa Rica Román Soto Vergara". everardoherrera.com (in Spanish). 23 July 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b LIGA DEPORTIVA UNIVERSITARIA campeón Interandino 1961. Fútbol de antaño Ecuador on Facebook (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Morales, Ítalo (1 May 2018). "Max Berrú, el ex jugador de Liga de Quito que llegó a Chile para el Mundial" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. ^ Díaz Correa, Hermes (21 July 2012). "IGNACIO PACHECO DUEÑAS, EL CENTAVO DEL FUTBOL DE SANTANDER…". BersoaHoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2022. el técnico era Román Soto Vergara (chileno)
  8. ^ Puntarenas FC 1967 Costa Rica Retro Fútbol on Facebook (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Calvo, Rodrigo (27 October 2014). "Buzón de Rodrigo". www.lanacion.com (in Spanish). La Nación (Costa Rica). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  10. ^ Calvo, Rodrigo (30 January 2021). "Historia de Rohrmoser en el fútbol tico". www.diarioextra.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2022.