Florian Sotoca (born 25 October 1990) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Florian Sotoca joined

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in 2016. On 9 July 2019, Sotoca joined

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club

RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, ''les sang et or'' (''the blood and gold''), come ...

on a permanent transfer. On 13 December 2021, he signed a contract extension, keeping him at the club until June 2024. On 7 August 2022, Sotoca scored a hat-trick for Lens in a 3–2 victory over

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. On 24 January 2023, he signed a new contract extension with Lens until 2026.

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* * 1990 births Living people Association football forwards French footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players FC Martigues players AS Béziers (2007) players Montpellier HSC players Grenoble Foot 38 players RC Lens players Universiade gold medalists for France Universiade medalists in football Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade French people of Spanish descent {{France-footy-forward-1990s-stub