| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Manuel Soler Atencia | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Palma, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CIDE Mallorca | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1991 | Mallorca B | 69 | (9) |
| 1991–2004 | Mallorca | 339 | (19) |
| Total | 408 | (28) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Spain U23 | 11 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007 | Beira-Mar | ||
| 2009–2010 | Atlético Baleares | ||
| 2013 | Atlético Baleares | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Spain | ||
| Men's Football | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1992 Barcelona | Team Competition |
Francisco Manuel "Paco" Soler Atencia (born 5 March 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a manager.
He only played with Mallorca during his career, amassing La Liga totals of 168 matches and three goals over nine seasons and spending 14 years with the first team overall. He subsequently became a coach.
Club career
A hard-nosed player, Soler was born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, and played his entire career for local club RCD Mallorca. He made his first-team debut in the 1990–91 season, and went on to make 419 overall appearances for them.
In 1996–97, Soler was instrumental in helping Mallorca return to La Liga, and also appeared regularly the following campaign as the team finished fifth. He was named on the substitutes bench for the final of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[1]
In his final two years, however, Soler played almost no part in the side's lineups, and retired after 2003–04 at the age of 34. Subsequently he took up coaching and, in January 2007, was appointed at Portuguese Primeira Liga club S.C. Beira-Mar after it signed a cooperation deal with Inverfutbol, a Spanish-based sporting company, not being able to help the Aveiro team avoid relegation.[2]
In February 2009, Soler returned to his native region, replacing former Spanish international Francisco at the helm of lowly CD Atlético Baleares and suffering another relegation.[3] Four years later, he left his post as director of football and again became their manager.[4]
International career
Soler was part of the Spain squad that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, appearing in four matches for a total of 277 minutes.[5]
Honours
Club
Mallorca
- Copa del Rey: 2002–03; Runner-up 1997–98
- Supercopa de España: 1998
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1998–99
International
Spain U23
See also
References
- ↑ Segurola, Santiago (20 May 1999). "El Mallorca pierde con orgullo" [Mallorca lose proudly]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ "Beira-Mar: Carvalhal despedido para dar lugar a Paco Soler" [Beira-Mar: Carvalhal sacked to make way for Paco Soler] (in Portuguese). Portal d'Aveiro. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ↑ "El Baleares firma su descenso" [Baleares sign their relegation]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). 27 April 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ Montes de Oca, Carlos (19 February 2013). "Pep Sansó dimite como técnico del Balears" [Pep Sansó resigns as Balears manager]. Última Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ "La Roja de 1992, nuestra medalla de oro Olímpica" [1992's La Roja, our Olympic gold medal] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ Morenilla, Juan (25 February 2007). "Supervivientes de oro" [Golden survivors]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2018.
External links
- Paco Soler at BDFutbol
- Paco Soler manager profile at BDFutbol
- Paco Soler – FIFA competition record (archived)