Team: SPORTING CRISTAL #4
Season: 1996
Competition: PERUVIAN TOURNAMENT | THREE-PEAT
Player: JORGE SOTO
Lot Type: MATCH WORN | PLAYER COLLECTION

COA: “Dream Auctions” COA upon request . If requested, the auctioned lot also includes an exclusive personalized video from the player who owns the collection to the winning bidder, in order to add value to the collector's investment.

PROVENANCE: Jersey comes in direct source and are delivered from southamerican known former peruvian  winger & striker Jorge Soto. All these auctioned jersey  comes from his personal collection and were swapped after the matchs mentioned or gifted to him after 20 year's career.  Jersey are up for auction for first time ever in public auctions after being storaged and cared by player himself until now.

Jorge "Camello" Soto had a succesfull career playing in Brazil (Flamengo), Argentina (Lanús), México (San Luis) and Perú where, playing 14 seasons for Sporting Cristal,  he became the record man being captain and emblematic player,  becoming the top scorer in the club's history, as well as the player who played the most games since he scored 175 goals in 580 games with the sky blues, between national and international tournaments. Soto was part of the great sky blue squad that achieved the three-peat in the years 1994, 1995 and 1996 in Peruvian football and  also achieved the runner-up position in the 1997 Copa Libertadores, where he scored important goals to advance in all the final stages against Vélez Sarsfield, Bolívar and Racing Club respectively.

SEE PHOTO PROOF ABOUT PLAYER PROVENANCE HOLDING THE AUCTIONED JERSEY. 

NOTE 1: RARE AWAY 1996 LONG SLEEVED VERSION.Amazing jersey worn by Jorge Soto during the 1996 three-peat campaign season in an away match. "Camello" Soto  is one of the greatest legends of Sporting Cristal and was a fundamental piece in the historic achievement of the national three-time championship in the years 1994, 1995 and 1996. The remembered "Camel" consolidated his status as an eternal idol with this championship and also breaking all the club records. 

NOTE 2: ICONIC THREE-PEAT. STORY BEHIND. In 1996, Sporting Cristal became champions of the Peruvian tournament, becoming the first team to achieve a three-peat (1994, 1995, and 1996) in the professional era of Peruvian football. The title was secured on the penultimate matchday of the Torneo Descentralizado after a 1-1 draw against Universitario de Deportes at the Estadio Nacional. The key goal: Jorge Soto scored the equalizer in the 40th minute of the second half.

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FEATURES:

• Made in: Umbro trademark
• Long sleeved version. Not sold in retails.
• Club shield in felt relief on front.
• Umbro logo in felt material on front.
• Sublimated front sponsor.
• Back number in pristine felt material.
• Size: XL

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