Luis Fernando Soto

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Soto and the second or maternal family name is Garduño.
Luis Fernando Soto
Personal information
Full name Luis Fernando Soto Garduño
Date of birth (1971-03-10) 10 March 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1996 Cruz Azul 13 (3)
1996–2000 Atlético Celaya 104 (25)
2000–2001 Santos Laguna 33 (3)
2001–2002 Atlético Celaya 17 (7)
2002 Santos Laguna 3 (0)
2003 Celaya 5 (4)
2003 San Luis 12 (1)
2005 BUAP 13 (1)
International career‡
1999 Mexico 3 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2012 Celaya (assistant)
2013 Veracruz (assistant)
2013–2014 Atlético San Luis (assistant)
2014–2015 Necaxa (assistant)
2018 Tapachula (assistant)
2019 Tapachula
2023 Querétaro Reserves and Academy
2023–2024 Irapuato[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 1, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 1, 2023

Luis Fernando Soto Garduño (born 10 March 1971) is a former Mexican professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Liga MX.[2]

Club career

He debuted with Cruz Azul on 2 February 1992. Due to a large number of injuries he had very few appearances and was ultimately transferred to Atlético Celaya in 1996; With the "cajeteros" he played 8 tournaments, achieving ownership during this time.[3][4] He moved to Santos Laguna in 2000 and won the Summer 2001 championship, played one year with Santos, returned to Celaya during the 2001–02 season and returned to Santos again. In 2003 he moved to the Cajeteros de Celaya of the First Division A, after a tournament he went to the San Luis F.C. He lasted a year without a team and returned in 2005 to finish his career with the Lobos BUAP.

International career

In October 1999 he participated in three friendly matches for the Mexican national soccer team against the teams of Paraguay (1:0 loss), Colombia (0:0) and Ecuador (0:0).[5]

Managerial career

In 2010 he started as a prop for Celaya, starting with Apertura 2011 he became the team's technical assistant. In 2013 he was an assistant in the Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz and the second semester he was in Atlético San Luis.[6] In 2018, Soto was named the head coach of Tapachula.[7] In 2023, Soto was appointed as manager of Irapuato.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Presentan al cuerpo técnico del equipo Irapuato". El Sol de Irapuato (in Spanish). El Sol de Irapuato. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "Luis Fernando Soto profile". Liga MX (in Spanish). Liga MX. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "Luis Fernando Soto retornó a casa". El Sol del Bajío (in Spanish). El Sol del Bajío. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "Ex jugadores de Cruz Azul, ilusionados con lo que ven en el Clausura 2020". ESPN (in Spanish). ESPN. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  5. ^ "'El Mina' Soto lució la Tricolor y la del Atlético Celaya". El Sol del Bajío (in Spanish). El Sol del Bajío. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  6. ^ "Tiburones Afina Detalles". Para Comentarse (in Spanish). 2022-11-25. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  7. ^ "Luis Fernando Soto dirigirá a Cafetaleros". Cuarto Poder (in Spanish). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Irapuato golea a Pioneros de Cancún en el Sergio León Chávez". Periodico AM (in Spanish). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2022.


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