Mauricio Solís

Mauricio Solís

Personal information
Full name	Mauricio Solís Mora
Date of birth	13 December 1972 (1972-12-13) (age 38)
Place of birth	Heredia, Costa Rica
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1996	Herediano
1996–1998	Derby County	11	(0)
1998–1999	Comunicaciones
1999–2000	San Jose Earthquakes	30	(4)
2000–2002	Alajuelense	42	(4)
2002–2004	OFI Crete	38	(5)
2004	Irapuato	15	(1)
2004–2005	Alajuelense	29	(1)
2005–2007	Comunicaciones	29	(4)
2007–2010	Herediano	49	(11)
National team‡
1993–2006	Costa Rica	110	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2006. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2006

Mauricio Solís Mora (born 13 December 1972 in Heredia) is a Costa Rican football (soccer) player, who currently plays defensive midfielder for Uruguay de Coronado in the Costa Rican Segunda División. He is one of Costa Rica's best players in the past decade. He is a though and working central midfielder who is a strong tackler and is also good at distributing balls and starting attacks from the center of pitch, he is also a great shooter from long distances.

Solís began his professional career with C.S. Herediano, making his debut with the club in 1991. He would remain with Herediano until 1996, winning the last Costa Rican championship C.S. Herediano won in the 1992-93 season. He then moved to England, signing a contract with Derby County along with compatriot Paulo Wanchope. His stay there was short, however, and he returned to CONCACAF in 1998, playing with CSD Comunicaciones of Guatemala for a year. Solís moved to Major League Soccer, where he played parts of the 1999 and 2000 seasons for the San Jose Clash (later San Jose Earthquakes), registering 4 goals and 1 assist in 29 starts. After two years in MLS, Solís returned to Costa Rica, where he signed a contract with LD Alajuelense. He played two seasons with the team, winning championships in 2000-01 and 2001–02, before looking overseas again, signing a contract with Greek club OFI Crete. After a year with them, Solís again returned to America, playing the 2003-4 season in Mexico for Irapuato brought to the team by former coach Alexandre Guimarães.

Solís has been a mainstay for the Costa Rica national team, having received 110 caps since debuting in 1993 in a friendly against Saudi Arabia. He played extensively for Costa Rica in the 2002 World Cup qualifying and started all three of the team's games in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was in the squad again for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and was once more in the starting line-up for all three games.

In 2007 he transferred to Maccabi Netanya but his contract was terminated for certain complications so he came back to Costa Rica and decide to sign up for the teams he started his career C.S. Herediano.

In April 2010, shortly after Herediano finish its participation in Costa Rican 2010 summer Championship, he announced his retirement from football.

Honours

• Costa Rican Championship (4):
  • 1992–1993, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05

External links

• Profile at National-football-teams.com
• Mauricio Solís stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)

Persondata
Name	Solis, Mauricio
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Date of birth	13 December 1972
Place of birth	Heredia, Costa Rica
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