José Soriano (footballer)

José Eusebio Soriano Barco (17 April 1917 – 22 March 2011) was a Peruvian football goalkeeper who played for the Peru national team and spent most of his career in the Argentine league.

He began his playing career in 1940 with Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín of Trujillo nicknamed "los diablos rojos" (the red devils).

He played 46 games for "el taladro" (the drill) between 1942 and his leaving the club in 1944 to join Argentine giants River Plate.

His teammates included Adolfo Pedernera, José Manuel Moreno, Ángel Labruna, Félix Loustau and "Pipo" Rossi.

Soriano rejected offers to come out of retirement from several Colombian clubs such as Millonarios, América de Cali and Cúcuta Deportivo deciding instead to set himself up as a businessman.

Soriano in black, the goalkeeper and captain of River Plate's 1945 championship winning team