Elkin Soto

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Soto and the second or maternal family name is Jaramillo.
Elkin Soto
Personal information
Full name Elkin Soto Jaramillo
Date of birth (1980-08-04) 4 August 1980
Place of birth Manizales, Colombia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 Once Caldas 194 (25)
2005–2006 Barcelona SC 44 (7)
2007–2016 Mainz 05 191 (14)
2016–2017 Once Caldas 43 (2)
2019 Once Caldas 3 (0)
National team
2004–2013 Colombia 26 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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
ClubSeason AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Colombia Categoría Primera A Copa Colombia Continental1 Other2 Total
Once Caldas199930———30
2000202———202
2001314———314
2002313———313
2003425———425
2004345—141—486
2005336—121—457
Total 19425002620022027
Ecuador Serie A Cup Continental1 Other Total
Barcelona2006447———447
Total 447000000447
Germany Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Continental3 Other Total
Mainz 052006–078000000080
2007–087100000071
2008–09232000000232
2009–10301100000311
2010–11264200000284
2011–12311302000361
2012–13281300000311
2013–14201100000211
2014–15163001000173
2015–161000000010
Total 19014100300020314
Colombia Categoría Primera A Copa Colombia Continental1 Other2 Total
Once Caldas2016150000000150
2017141100000151
Total 290100000301
Career total 457471102920049649

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]

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 June 2005Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Peru
2–0
5–0
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.4 September 2005Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay
1–2
2–3
3.1 March 2006Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela Venezuela
1–1
1–1
Friendly
4.25 May 2006Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States Ecuador
1–1
1–1
5.4 June 2006Camp Municipal Narcís Sala, Barcelona, Spain Morocco
1–0
2–0
6.16 August 2006Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile Chile
2–1
2–1

Honours

Club

Once Caldas

References
  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.
  3. "E. Soto". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.


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