Francisco Soler Atencia

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Paco Soler
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Manuel Soler Atencia
Date of birth	(1970-03-05) 5 March 1970
Place of birth	Palma, Spain
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Atlético Baleares (coach)
Youth career
	CIDE Mallorca
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1988–1991	Mallorca B
1991–2004	Mallorca	339	(19)
National team
1991–1992	Spain U23	11	(1)
Teams managed
2007	Beira-Mar
2009–2010	Atlético Baleares
2013–	Atlético Baleares
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Spain
Men's Football
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Team Competition

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Soler and the second or maternal family name is Atencia.

Francisco Manuel Soler Atencia, aka Paco Soler (born 5 March 1970), is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current coach.

He only played with Mallorca during his career, amassing La Liga totals of 168 games and three goals over the course of nine seasons, and spending 14 years with the first team overall. He subsequently became a manager.

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 debuts in 1990–91, and went on to amass nearly 400 overall appearances for the main squad.

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 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final.

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 first division club S.C. Beira-Mar after the Aveiro team signed a cooperation deal with Inverfutbol, a Spanish-based sporting company, not being able to help the side avoid relegation.^[1]

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.

International career

Soler was part of the squad that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, appearing in four matches for a total of 277 minutes.

Honours

Club

Spanish Cup: 2002–03; Runner-up 1997–98
Spanish Supercup: 1998
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1998–99

Country

Summer Olympics: 1992

References

↑ Beira-Mar: Carvalhal despedido para dar lugar a Paco Soler (Beira-Mar: Carvalhal sacked to make way for Paco Soler); Portal d'Aveiro, 9 January 2007 (Portuguese)

External links

v t e Spain football squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists

1 Cañizares 2 Ferrer 3 Lasa 4 Solozábal 5 López 6 Villabona 7 Amavisca 8 Luis Enrique 9 Guardiola 10 Abelardo 11 Manjarín 12 Paqui 13 Toni 14 Vidal 15 Soler 16 Miguel 17 Berges 18 Pinilla 19 Kiko 20 Alfonso Coach: Miera

Persondata
Name	Soler Atencia, Francisco
Alternative names	Soler, Paco
Short description	Spanish football player/manager
Date of birth	5 March 1970
Place of birth	Palma, Majorca, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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