Eduardo ÃÂscar Soto Ortiz (born 20 February 1965) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a Centre back for clubs in Chile and abroad.
Soto is a product of Universidad Católica youth system, where he coincided with players such as Carlos Soto, Luis Abarca and Mario Lepe.
With an extensive career in his homeland, he began his career with and next he played for Regional Atacama Everton, Unión San Felipe, Deportes La Serena, O'Higgins, Palestino Audax Italiano and Unión Española.
Abroad, he played in Switzerland for FC Baden in the second level alongside his compatriots Claudio ÃÂlvarez and Ramón Pérez, América in Mexico, where he coincided with well-known players such as François Omam-Biyik and Luis GarcÃÂa, and in the Guatemalan football.
In 2005 he graduated as a football manager at the (National Football Institute) alongside former players such as Fernando Astengo, José Cantillana, Eduardo Nazar, among others.
He has worked as assistant coach in both Audax Italiano and O'Higgins. As a head coach, he has worked for Deportes Valdivia and Unión Molina in the third and the fifth level of the Chilean football, respectively.
He also has served as coach at the (National Football Institute), the trade union of professional footballers of Chile, and coaches youth teams from since 2014.
Unión Española