Elkin Soto News And Rumors

[crzdcolombian]

A Soto lo ubican en Alemania
Ene 05 de 2007

El centrocampista colombiano Elkin Soto fichó por el Maguncia, último equipo de la Bundesliga de fútbol, anunció el club alemán.

Soto, de 26 años, firmó un contrato que lo vinculará al equipo del oeste alemán hasta el 2008, con una opción por dos temporadas más.

El mediocampista ofensivo estaba sin club desde que expiró su contrato con el Barcelona de la primera división del fútbol ecuatoriano.
"Es un mediocampista que marca goles y nos permitirá incrementar nuestras posibilidades en el ámbito ofensivo" , declaró Jürgen Klopp, el entrenador del Maguncia, que es 18º y último de la clasificación, con 11 puntos en 17 encuentros. / AFP

best news I heard all year !!!, made my day hope that this is true

[Atletico_fan]

Maguncia??? u mean mainz 05?

[crzdcolombian]

yup its real because its on their official website, goal, and just about every were great news

[Siempreconlamecha]

A Soto lo ubican en Alemania
Ene 05 de 2007

El centrocampista colombiano Elkin Soto fichó por el Maguncia, último equipo de la Bundesliga de fútbol, anunció el club alemán.

Soto, de 26 años, firmó un contrato que lo vinculará al equipo del oeste alemán hasta el 2008, con una opción por dos temporadas más.

El mediocampista ofensivo estaba sin club desde que expiró su contrato con el Barcelona de la primera división del fútbol ecuatoriano.
"Es un mediocampista que marca goles y nos permitirá incrementar nuestras posibilidades en el ámbito ofensivo" , declaró Jürgen Klopp, el entrenador del Maguncia, que es 18º y último de la clasificación, con 11 puntos en 17 encuentros. / AFP

best news I heard all year !!!, made my day hope that this is true

Efer, did you fire the bigsoccer bot and hire this guy?:eek:
And he did mean Mainz 05

[Atletico_fan]

hey crzd me podras dar el link a la pagina oficial del equipo???

[ryu79]

This is an amazing coincidence. My kid sister used to go to school in Mainz - its a very small city near Frankfurt with a famous and large university (which populates and employees a lot of folks in the area). Classic european town square with cute shops, bakeries, etc. Very laid back and probably a nice place for Elkin to settle and focus on his footie.

Mainz just recently ascended into the Bundesliga, I think they were second or third division even when I visited the city back in the winter of 01-02. They have a relatively small stadium. Its interesting that he signed a multi-year contract with them, they don't have a lot of resources and he will have to do his darndest to keep them up.

Will try to get more stuff from German press on this.

trivia fact: I believe the printing press was created in Mainz by Guttenberg.

[ryu79]

hey crzd me podras dar el link a la pagina oficial del equipo???

They conveniently have an english translator on the site.

http://www.mainz05.de/index.php?id=75&L=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=643&tx_ttnews[backPid]=68&cHash=59728a318d

[lfsr1544]

OK, is it just me or are you guys so easily influenced just with the mention of "Europe". Bundasliga...great ...TEAM CURRENTLY IN LAST PLACE WITH 11 POINTS AFTER 17 GAMES --ONLY 1 WIN..NOT SO GREAT!

FSV Mainz 05 17 1 8 8 11 : 30 -19 11

THIS ONLY MEANS THAT SOTO WILL BE PLAYING IN 2ND DIV. IN 6 MONTHS...THIS IS ONE OF COLOMBIA'S TOP PLAYERS....DON'T YOU GUYS SEE THE ISSUE AT HAND!!!!!!!!

[crzdcolombian]

2nd divison of germany > ecuador

its not the fact taht he is here and in this team ... if he starts to play well, he can always go to a better team in that league or in europe... this can also open the doors to colombians to play in germany. Its like David Ferriera has opened them in brasil. Hope he can ajust to germany and he and mosquera do well there.

[lfsr1544]

They conveniently have an english translator on the site.

http://www.mainz05.de/index.php?id=75&L=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=643&tx_ttnews[backPid]=68&cHash=59728a318d

2nd divison of germany > ecuador

its not the fact taht he is here and in this team ... if he starts to play well, he can always go to a better team in that league or in europe... this can also open the doors to colombians to play in germany. Its like David Ferriera has opened them in brasil. Hope he can ajust to germany and he and mosquera do well there.

good point...

although DF DID NOT open the doors for Colombians in Brazil... Rincon + Aristi did....

[efernandez9]

Efer, did you fire the bigsoccer bot and hire this guy?:eek:
And he did mean Mainz 05
babelfish does that kind of translation!:eek:

[crzdcolombian]

good point...

although DF DID NOT open the doors for Colombians in Brazil... Rincon + Aristi did....

the translator for me doesnt work it says that their is no file when I ask it to translate the soto thing...

as for Rincon that is true but before Ferriera went and did well how many colombians were in Brasil???

Ferriera refers players to his team and got Sergio Herrea in even tho he was unused and now Daryo Moreno is in it, Renteria and Vargas are at Inter and Viafara, Valencia are being looked at by ferrieras team...

hopefully soto can open some doors in germany for us even tho I prefer the french, spanish or itlaian league for our players

[efernandez9]

muchos: para recordar 2 antes de aristi: dario munoz de nacional, muchas temporadas con palmerias
y hurtado tambien paso por esos lados, hay mas, solo que con pasos mas fugaces, antes que el internet y google hiciera facil ubicarlos:eek:

[lfsr1544]

the translator for me doesnt work it says that their is no file when I ask it to translate the soto thing...

as for Rincon that is true but before Ferriera went and did well how many colombians were in Brasil???

Ferriera refers players to his team and got Sergio Herrea in even tho he was unused and now Daryo Moreno is in it, Renteria and Vargas are at Inter and Viafara, Valencia are being looked at by ferrieras team...

hopefully soto can open some doors in germany for us even tho I prefer the french, spanish or itlaian league for our players


Aristi, Asprilla, Munoz, to name a few, were there before Ferreira. I don't like what's happening to Wason in Brazil. He's going to be a wasted player if he doesn't get time on the pitch.

I wanted Soto in Spain, only because he's so damn shy that I can see him be miserable in some little apt., not speaking the language and intimidated by his surrounding. I wish him the best...you are right, even 2nd Div germany is better then Ecuador.

[efernandez9]

I wanted Soto in Spain, only because he's so damn shy that I can see him be miserable in some little apt., not speaking the language and intimidated by his surrounding. I wish him the best...you are right, even 2nd Div germany is better then Ecuador. but not better than atl. Nacional

cerca de un campeonato y con participacion en copa Nissan (vitrina internacional)
alla, le costara ser titular, como a todos los latinos que llegan....son 6 o 9 meses de adaptacion, y para ese entonces la prensa y fans lo quieren fuera!

[ryu79]

but not better than atl. Nacional

cerca de un campeonato y con participacion en copa Nissan (vitrina internacional)
alla, le costara ser titular, como a todos los latinos que llegan....son 6 o 9 meses de adaptacion, y para ese entonces la prensa y fans lo quieren fuera!

Creo que Soto llega para ser titular. Mi hermanita (vive en Alemania) nos hizo el favor de buscar en los periodicos alemanes y reporta lo siguiente:

"I found one article about Elkin Soto in the Newspaper- it mainly says that Jürgen Klopp os hoping that the acquisition will help them stay in the Bundesliga, and that they believe Soto to be "torgefährlich" which means that he will potentially score a lot of goals."

El mercado aleman es muy liquido y siempre hay mucho movimiento entre los equipos chicos y los grandes. Con tal que Soto muestre su futbol, en el caso de descenso es posible que adquiera otra oportunidad. Ademas, la segunda division Alemana no es que sea tan mala, recordemos que Lucas Podolski (uno de las estrellas del ultimo mundial) fue jugador del Cologne (segunda division) hasta despues del torneo.

Suerte al Sultan, ojala que nos llene a todos de orgullo.

[crzdcolombian]

El 'blanco' alerta con Soto
Ene 07 de 2007

Como respuesta a versiones sobre la supuesta contrataci�n de Elkin Soto por parte del FSV Mainz 05, equipo del f�tbol alem�n, la Corporaci�n Deportiva Once Caldas informa que el jugador tiene contrato vigente con la instituci�n hasta el 3 de enero de 2008.

Por ese motivo, el futbolista manizale�o no podr� establecer v�nculos contractuales con ese ni con ning�n otro club, dado que la FIFA no permite la doble contrataci�n, indic� el asesor externo de la Corporaci�n, abogado Andr�s Charria.

El jurista recibi� instrucciones de las directivas del Once Caldas para desarrollar las acciones a las que haya lugar en este caso, con el prop�sito de defender los intereses de la instituci�n.

Luego de finalizar su vinculaci�n temporal al Barcelona de Ecuador (diciembre de 2006) equipo que no hizo uso de la opci�n de compra de los derechos deportivos de Soto, el jugador debe presentarse al Once Caldas, instituci�n a la cual est� ligado por contrato de trabajo vigente.

Elkin Soto se dio a conocer al f�tbol colombiano y al exterior gracias a los t�tulos conseguidos por el Once Caldas en el apertura colombiano 2003 y en la Copa Libertadores de Am�rica 2004, y con los subcampeonatos de la Copa Intercontinental 2004 y la Recopa Suramericana 2005.

El llamado �Sult�n� debut� con el conjunto blanco en abril de 1999, instituci�n de la que sali� en pr�stamo con opci�n de compra al Barcelona de Ecuador en el 2006.

Pretemporada

Con 40 jugadores entrena el Once Caldas en su sede Deportiva, en el arranque de la pretemporada 2007. El grupo trabaja bajo las �rdenes del nuevo cuerpo t�cnico, encabezado por Fernando Castro, con la asistencia de Juan Carlos Bedoya, el preparador f�sico, Juan Carlos Conde, quien es apoyado por Jeimar Gonz�lez, y Mario Mar�n, como preparador de arqueros.

La labor desarrollada durante la primera semana es de adaptaci�n, seg�n indic� el profesor Conde.

El delantero caucano Iv�n Trujillo, procedente del Deportivo Cali, ya se incorpor� a trabajos con el grupo, en tanto que el argentino, Juan Manuel Perillo, proveniente de las Divisiones Menores de Boca Juniors, present� los ex�menes.

Ambos se declararon satisfechos de ingresar a la instituci�n, la cual califican como un equipo grande en el que quieren triunfar.

[ryu79]

What are Caldas doing? He is a terrific footballer and they seem terribly bad at closing a deal.

[hadexxx]

look at what happened with Henao!!! He had to sue them!!!

[crzdcolombian]

i dont get it ... do they not want to sell him or is it that he signed without them accpeting