Sebastian Guerra Soto (born July 28, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the

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Youth career

Soto began his youth career with

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, before moving to the

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youth team in 2016. He signed with the

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to play college soccer but ultimately decided to go pro.

Club career

Hannover 96

In August 2018, Soto joined the youth academy of German club

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from

. Playing in the 2018-19

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, Soto scored 17 goals in 27 matches for Hannover. He made his professional debut for the first team in the

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on April 6, 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute for

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in the 1–3 away loss against

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Norwich City

Soto joined

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on July 28, 2020, and signed a three-year deal.

2020–21 season: Loan to Telstar

In August 2020, Soto joined Dutch side

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on loan for the 2020–21 season. Soto made his first start for the club on September 28, 2020, scoring two goals against

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called ' De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. ...

. In January 2021, Soto was recalled by Norwich after having scored 7 goals in just 12 league matches.

2021–22 season: Loans to Porto B and Livingston

On July 3, 2021, Soto joined

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on a season-long loan. This loan was terminated mid-season, and on January 26, 2022, Soto joined

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side

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on loan for the remainder of the campaign.

2022–23 season: Return to Norwich City

At the beginning of the 2022–23 season, Soto returned to Norwich City after a brief trial at Barnsley was cut short, with manager Michael Duff citing Soto's failure to report a foot injury in a warm-up game against Crewe.

Austria Klagenfurt

On August 25, 2022, Soto signed a three-year deal with

side

International career

Youth

Soto made his debut for the United States under-19 team in May 2018, scoring five goals in four matches at the 2018 Slovakia Cup, where he won the Golden Boot award as top scorer. In September 2018, he made his under-20 debut in a friendly match against

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, scoring a brace in the 3–1 win. In November 2018, Soto was added as a replacement player to the United States' squad for the

2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship The 2018 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (27th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted at Bradenton, Florid ...

. He made two appearances in the tournament, with the US going on to win the title. On May 27, 2019, Soto scored two goals against

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during the

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. He scored another brace on June 4 in the round of 16 match against

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. Soto was named to the team for the

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after a postponement in March 2021. The team would fail to qualify for the

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Senior

In September 2020, Soto was called up by

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for their

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matches against

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and Colombia, but he rejected the call-up. Soto was subsequently called up to the senior

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squad in November 2020 by manager

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for friendly matches against

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and

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

. Soto made his senior debut for the United States, coming on as a 77th minute substitute and scoring two goals in a 6–2 friendly win against Panama on November 16, 2020.

Personal life

Soto who is the son of a

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father and

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mother was born in

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Soto goal''.

Honors

United States U20 *

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Soto, Sebastian 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Carlsbad, California Sportspeople of Chilean descent Sportspeople of Mexican descent Soccer players from California American soccer players United States men's youth international soccer players United States men's under-20 international soccer players United States men's international soccer players American expatriate soccer players American expatriate soccer players in Germany American expatriate sportspeople in Austria American people of Chilean descent American sportspeople of Latin American descent American sportspeople of Mexican descent Association football forwards Hannover 96 players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Norwich City F.C. players SC Telstar players FC Porto B players Livingston F.C. players SK Austria Klagenfurt players Eerste Divisie players Liga Portugal 2 players United States men's under-23 international soccer players California Golden Bears men's soccer players