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Josué Soto
American soccer player
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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Josué Soto Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-12-22) December 22, 1995 (age 28) | ||
| 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, correct as of April 22, 2022 | |||
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]
- "LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX". Ligamx.net. April 24, 1994. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- "Josué Soto mentalizado en mejorar su calidad". canalsonora.com. December 29, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- AUSTIN BOLD FC ADDS DEFENDER JOSUÉ SOTO AND GOALKEEPER JUAN DAVID RAMÍREZ, austinboldfc.com, February 5, 2019
