Román Soto Vergara (1923 – 22 July 2016) was a Chilean football

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Career

In his country of birth, Soto coached the city teams of both

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as well as club Fanaloza from

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. He moved abroad and led Ecuadorian club

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in the

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. In addition, he won the .LIGA DEPORTIVA UNIVERSITARIA campeón Interandino 1961.
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in the Campeonato Profesional of Colombia. Since 1967, he settled in Costa Rica and coached

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in 1967, Herediano in 1968, Uruguay de Coronado, Orión and in 1971.

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. Always in Costa Rica, he worked as a

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in radio media.

Personal life

Soto made his home in

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and died on 22 July 2016 at the age of 93.

Honours

LDU Quito * : 1961

References

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