Elkin Soto

Elkin Soto
Personal information
Full name	Elkin Soto Jaramillo
Date of birth	4 August 1980
Place of birth	Manizales, Colombia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Elkin Soto Jaramillo (born 4 August 1980) is a retired Colombian football midfielder.

Club career

Soto was born in Manizales, Caldas Department.

He was one of the fundamental parts in Once Caldas Copa Libertadores 2004 historic final against Boca Juniors in which they won.

Following one season with Ecuadorian side, Barcelona SC, Soto was signed by Jurgen Klopp to play for Bundesliga side, Mainz 05, where he spent 9 seasons (2007-2016), during which time he also played for Thomas Tuchel.

On 1 February 2019, it was confirmed that Soto had returned to Once Caldas for the third time.[1] Soto retired at the end of the 2018-19 season.[2]

International career

He is also a starter of the Colombian national team where he plays left wing midfielder. He has been known for scoring many game-winning goals and is seen as a real leader on the field. He played the last five games of the qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and scored against Peru, Ecuador and Uruguay. He has scored many goals in friendlies as well.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 15 May 2017[3]

Club performance		League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Colombia		Categoría Primera A		Copa Colombia		Continental¹		Other²		Total
Once Caldas	1999	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2000	20	2	—		—		—		20	2
	2001	31	4	—		—		—		31	4
	2002	31	3	—		—		—		31	3
	2003	42	5	—		—		—		42	5
	2004	34	5	—		14	1	—		48	6
	2005	33	6	—		12	1	—		45	7
	Total	194	25	0	0	26	2	0	0	220	27
Ecuador		Serie A		Cup		Continental¹		Other		Total
Barcelona	2006	44	7	—		—		—		44	7
Barcelona	Total	44	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	7
Germany		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Continental³		Other		Total
Mainz 05	2006–07	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	2007–08	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
	2008–09	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	2
	2009–10	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	1
	2010–11	26	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	4
	2011–12	31	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	36	1
	2012–13	28	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	31	1
	2013–14	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	1
	2014–15	16	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	3
	2015–16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total	190	14	10	0	3	0	0	0	203	14
Colombia		Categoría Primera A		Copa Colombia		Continental¹		Other²		Total
Once Caldas	2016	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	2017	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
	Total	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	1
Career total		457	47	11	0	29	2	0	0	496	49

¹ Includes cup competitions such as Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

² Includes Superliga Colombiana matches.

³ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.

International goals

Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first.[3]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 June 2005	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia	Peru	2–0	5–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	4 September 2005	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	1–2	2–3	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	1 March 2006	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	Venezuela	1–1	1–1	Friendly
4.	25 May 2006	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Ecuador	1–1	1–1
5.	4 June 2006	Camp Municipal Narcís Sala, Barcelona, Spain	Morocco	1–0	2–0
6.	16 August 2006	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile	Chile	2–1	2–1

Honours

Club

Once Caldas

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References

"Es oficial: Elkin Soto jugará con el Once Caldas". El Espectador (in Spanish). 1 February 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
"Elkin Soto le dice adiós al fútbol tras 20 años de carrera profesional". lapatria.com (in Spanish). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
"E. Soto". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

External links

Elkin Soto at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Elkin Soto at National-Football-Teams.com
Elkin Soto at Soccerway

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[1] "Es oficial: Elkin Soto jugará con el Once Caldas". El Espectador (in Spanish). 1 February 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.

[2] "Elkin Soto le dice adiós al fútbol tras 20 años de carrera profesional". lapatria.com (in Spanish). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

[soccerway-3] "E. Soto". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.