Jorge Antonio Soto Gomez ( Spanish: Jorge Antonio Soto Gómez , October 27, 1971 , Lima ) - former Peruvian footballer , midfielder . One of the champions in the number of matches for the national team .
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| Full name | Jorge Antonio Soto Gomez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 27, 1971 (aged 47) Lima , Peru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Peru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 178 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | completed his career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Jorge Soto was born in 1971 into a sports family. His older brother José (born 1970 ) is the central defender; in 1992-2003 he played 75 matches with the Peruvian national team. The younger brother of Giancarlo also became a football player, but did not achieve much success.
Jorge Soto began his professional career in 1990 with Deportivo Municipal from Lima . Two years later, he moved to another capital club, Sporting Crystal , which included played most of his career, with short-term departures in the championships of Argentina , Brazil and Mexico .
In total, Sporting Crystal Soto played 566 matches and scored 175 goals. As of November 2017, both of these indicators are club records. As part of the club, Jorge five times became the champion of Peru (1994-1996, 2002, 2005). In 1997, he reached the final of the Libertadores Cup , but there the Peruvians lost to the Brazilian Cruzeiro .
In the national team of Peru, Jorge Soto made his debut in 1992 and played for her for 15 years. He participated in five draws of Copa America ( 1993 , 1995 , 1999 , 2001 and home tournament in 2004 ). In 2000, he won the bronze medal in the CONCACAF Gold Cup .
In total, Soto played 101 times for the national team and became the only third player in the history of the national team to overcome the milestone of 100 international games. More than him, only Roberto Palacios (128) and Hector Chumpitas (105) played in the national team.
He completed his sports career in 2008.