Jorge Soto was born on October 27, 1971 in Lima, Peru.
He started in the lower categories of the Municipal Sports Center Club, a team with which he debuted in the First Division in 1990.
There he was one of the best players, for which in 1993 he was transferred to the Sporting Cristal club. With the beer club he played for 7 years in a row, achieving the three-time championship in 1994, 1995 and 1996, and the runner-up in the 1997 Copa Libertadores.
In 1999 he emigrated to Argentina to play for Club Atlético Lanús, and from there he traveled to Brazil to play some games for Flamengo.
At the end of 2001 he returned to Sporting Cristal, where he managed to win another championship in 2002.
Despite being separated from the squad in the middle of that year, he was rehired in July of that year, and led his team to their fourteenth national championship.
In 2003 he emigrated again, this time to Mexico, to play at Club San Luis, in the city of San Luis Potosí. At the end of that year he returned again to the Crystal where he continues to play today.
With the Peruvian Soccer Team he played since 1993, where he participated in the qualifying rounds for the 1994 World Cup and the 1993 Copa America, in Ecuador. Previously he played with the U-23 team, in Paraguay, during January 1992 in the qualifying pre-Olympic to play the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992.
Since then he has been a starter in most calls, and in 2005 he played his 100th game. He currently has 101 games played and has scored more than 20 goals.