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Román Soto
Chilean football manager From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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][7]
In 1966, he coached Atlético Bucaramanga in the Campeonato Profesional of Colombia.[8]
Since 1967, he settled in Costa Rica and coached Puntarenas in 1967,[9] Herediano in 1968,[10] Uruguay de Coronado, Orión[4] and Rohrmoser [es] in 1971.[11]
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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
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