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James Soto Roberts (born 10 January 1992), commonly known as Soto, is a
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who played as a striker in his home country as well for The Lions FC in the
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. In July 2014, he moved from Liberian club
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to The Lions Fc in the
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. Soto scored 6 goals in 12 appearances for The Lions FC during the 2014-2015 Season, winning the MVP during the 2008/2009 season in the Liberian Premier League with the Liberia Black Star FC including 2 Championship with Liberia Black Star and
LPRC Oilers LPRC Oilers is a football club from Liberia based in Monrovia. Their home stadium is thLiberia Petroleum Refining Company The LPRC Oilers have been a fixture in Liberian football since the late 1980s. The team is considered one of the better s ...
. Soto represented Liberia Under 23 Team in the 2011
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and was also called up to the
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in the 2011/2012
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. qualifier.


Club career

Born in Buchanan,
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, Soto started his playing career at Black Star where he won the
Liberian Premier League The Liberian First Division, formerly known as Liberian Premier League, is the highest division of football in Liberia. The first division league began in 1956 and have only once been won by a club outside Monrovia. It has been dominated by Migh ...
and the
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in 2008, he was also the league Top Scorer and MVP that same year, but later moved to
LPRC Oilers LPRC Oilers is a football club from Liberia based in Monrovia. Their home stadium is thLiberia Petroleum Refining Company The LPRC Oilers have been a fixture in Liberian football since the late 1980s. The team is considered one of the better s ...
. In July 2014, he moved from
LPRC Oilers LPRC Oilers is a football club from Liberia based in Monrovia. Their home stadium is thLiberia Petroleum Refining Company The LPRC Oilers have been a fixture in Liberian football since the late 1980s. The team is considered one of the better s ...
to The Lions in the
Seychelles League Seychelles Premier League is the top division of the Seychelles Football Federation, it was created in 1979. Members clubs 2017 Previous winners *1979 : Saint-Louis FC *1980 : Saint-Louis FC *1981 : Saint-Louis FC *1982 : Mont Fleuri FC * ...
on a one year loan, Soto scored 6 goals in 12 appearances for The Lions FC during the 2014–15 Season.


National team

Soto represented Liberia Under 23 Team in the 2011
WAFU Nations Cup The WAFU Nations Cup (also known as the WAFU Cup of Nations or simply the WAFU Cup) is an association football competition that is contested by representative teams of the West African Football Union. History A trophy was commissioned by President ...
and was also called up to the
Liberia national football team The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the ''Lone Stars'', represents Liberia in men's international football and is controlled by the Liberia Football Association. Although the nation produced the 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, ...
in the 2011/2012
African Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...
. qualifier.


Honours


Club

; Liberia Black Star FC Winner *
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: 2007/2008 *
Liberian Cup The Liberian Football Association Cup, commonly known as the LFA Cup and currently known as the PetroTrade Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout cup competition in Liberian football. The LFA Cup is run by and named after the Liber ...
: 2008


Individual

Winner *
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: Top Scorer: 2007/2008, 2013/2014 *
Liberian Premier League The Liberian First Division, formerly known as Liberian Premier League, is the highest division of football in Liberia. The first division league began in 1956 and have only once been won by a club outside Monrovia. It has been dominated by Migh ...
: MVP: 2008


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* 1992 births Living people Liberian men's footballers Monrovia Black Star FC players LPRC Oilers players The Lions FC players People from Buchanan, Liberia Men's association football forwards Liberia men's international footballers Liberian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Seychelles {{Liberia-footy-bio-stub