Elkin Soto

Elkin Soto Jaramillo (* August 4, 1980 in Manizales ) is a Colombian football player. The midfielder with a strong left foot since 2004, A-National player for Colombia and plays since January 2007 for the first FSV Mainz 05

Career

Association

Soto joined the 1999 season Atlético Nacional ( Medellin ) in his hometown for the club CD Once Caldas, where he became a regular player for the second year and apart from the seasons 2003 and 2004, only a few games missed. Soto won in 2004 with Once Caldas Copa Libertadores. The following World Cup final he lost with his club FC Porto on penalties.

For the 2006 season, the midfielder was loaned to the Ecuadorian top club Barcelona SC Guayaquil.

Sotos switch to Bundesliga 1 FSV Mainz 05 was accompanied by weeks of transfer disputes. It was only in February 2007, FIFA decided that the evidence presented by Once Caldas and supposedly valid until January 2008 contract was not valid. In July 2008, the transfer disputes were terminated by the International Court of Sport (CAS ) and sentenced Soto to a four -month ban and a fine of 150,000 €. Since FIFA and CAS but anrechneten the period from December 2006 to January 2007 at the lock, Soto was only until September 14. At the beginning of the second division season 2007/ 08 suffered a torn ACL and Soto dropped the entire first round of. His contract at Mainz 05 runs until 2015.

National

Soto played 25 times for the Colombia national football team, scoring six goals.

Achievements

• Copa Merconorte with Atlético Nacional: 1998
• Colombian soccer champions of the first round: 2003
• Copa Libertadores with Once Caldas: 2004