| Román Soto | |
| Fullname: | Román Soto Vergara |
| Birth Date: | 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Chile |
| Death Date: | 22 July 2016 (aged 93) |
| Death Place: | Montes de Oca, Costa Rica |
| Manageryears1: | 1951 |
| Managerclubs1: | Antofagasta (city team) |
| Manageryears2: | 1951–1952 |
| Managerclubs2: | Temuco (city team) |
| Manageryears3: | 1952 |
| Managerclubs3: | Fanaloza |
| Manageryears4: | 1954 |
| Managerclubs4: | Magallanes (assistant) |
| Manageryears5: | 1961 |
| Managerclubs5: | LDU Quito |
| Manageryears6: | 1966 |
| Managerclubs6: | Atlético Bucaramanga |
| Manageryears7: | 1967 |
| Managerclubs7: | Puntarenas |
| Manageryears8: | 1968 |
| Managerclubs8: | Herediano |
| Managerclubs10: | Orión |
| Manageryears11: | 1971 |
| Managerclubs11: | Rohrmoser |
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]
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 .[5] As a curiosity, he made a recommendation letter to the for the former youth player Max Berrú, who later was one of the founders of the well-known band Inti Illimani.[6]
In 1966, he coached Atlético Bucaramanga in the Campeonato Profesional of Colombia.[7]
Since 1967, he settled in Costa Rica and coached Puntarenas in 1967,[8] Herediano in 1968,[9] Uruguay de Coronado, Orión[4] and in 1971.[10]
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]
Soto made his home in Costa Rica and died on 22 July 2016 at the age of 93.[4]
LDU Quito