Josué Soto

For the American soccer player of the same name, see Josue Soto.

Josué Soto Martínez (born December 22, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who last played as a defender for USL Championship club Austin Bold.^[1][2]

Josué Soto

Personal information
Full name	Josué Soto Martínez
Date of birth	(1995-12-22) December 22, 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Perris, California, United States
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Querétaro
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	California Baptist Lancers	17	(1)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Querétaro	0	(0)
2016–2018	→ Cimarrones de Sonora (loan)	46	(0)
2019	→ Austin Bold (loan)	16	(0)
2020–2021	Austin Bold	23	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of April 22, 2022

Career

Soto played collegiately at California Baptist University in Riverside, California, where he earned All-PacWest honorable mention honors following his freshman season. Born in Perris, California, Soto attended nearby Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, where he was a four-year starter at forward for the Wolves. In 2016, the California native played with the Querétaro U-20 side, helping the club to a U-20 championship. Soto spent two-plus seasons on loan to Cimarrones de Sonora of the Ascenso MX, where he appeared in 51 matches and logging 3,529 minutes of play.^[3]

On February 5, 2019, Austin Bold FC announced that they had loaned Soto from Querétaro FC for the rest of 2019.^[3]