| Mauricio Soto | |
| Fullname: | Mauricio Leonicio Soto |
| Birth Date: | 22 February 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Berazategui, Argentina |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Years1: | 2007–2010 |
| Clubs1: | Berazategui |
| Caps1: | 42 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2009 |
| Clubs2: | → Liniers (loan) |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2009 |
| Clubs3: | → Deportivo Riestra (loan) |
| Caps3: | 15 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2010–2013 |
| Clubs4: | San Martín |
| Caps4: | 79 |
| Goals4: | 16 |
| Years5: | 2013 |
| Clubs5: | Sacachispas |
| Caps5: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2014 |
| Clubs6: | Juventud Unida |
| Caps6: | 19 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Years7: | 2014–2021 |
| Clubs7: | Deportivo Riestra |
| Caps7: | 196 |
| Goals7: | 7 |
| Club-Update: | 10:22, 17 July 2022 (UTC) |
Mauricio Leonicio Soto (born 22 February 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1]
Soto began his career in senior football with hometown club Berazategui.[2] [3] He featured twenty-four times throughout the 2007–08 campaign in Primera D Metropolitana, netting four goals as they won promotion to Primera C Metropolitana. One goal in thirteen games followed. In 2009, Soto had loan spells away with Liniers and Deportivo Riestra.[4] [5] Four total goals arrived, prior to Soto returning to Berazategui.[2] Months later, fellow Primera D Metropolitana team San Martín signed Soto.[2] [6] Sixteen goals in seventy-nine fixtures came in three years. Across 2013 and 2014, Soto had stints with Sacachispas and Juventud Unida.[1] [7]
Soto rejoined Deportivo Riestra on 30 June 2014, with the club now in Primera C Metropolitana.[1] They won promotion to Primera B Metropolitana in his first season, with the player netting goals against Deportivo Morón and Almagro in the succeeding campaign.[1] Overall, Soto participated in ninety-one matches at that level across 2015, 2016 and 2016–17.[1] [8] After they were promoted in the latter, Soto featured twenty-two times in the 2017–18 Primera B Nacional as they suffered relegation.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Berazategui | 2007–08 | Primera D Metropolitana | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | |||
| 2008–09 | Primera C Metropolitana | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5 | |||||
| Liniers (loan) | 2008–09 | Primera D Metropolitana | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Deportivo Riestra (loan) | 2009–10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||||
| San Martín | 2010–11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |||||
| 2012–13 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 79 | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 79 | 16 | |||||
| Sacachispas | 2013–14 | Primera C Metropolitana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Juventud Unida | 2013–14 | Primera D Metropolitana | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |||
| Deportivo Riestra | 2014 | Primera C Metropolitana | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |||
| 2015 | Primera B Metropolitana | 41 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 44 | 3 | ||||
| 2016 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5[10] | 0 | 33 | 1 | |||||
| 2017–18 | Primera B Nacional | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Primera B Metropolitana | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 151 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 161 | 9 | |||||
| Career total | 321 | 35 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 332 | 37 | |||||