Mauricio Solís

Mauricio Rodrigo Solís Mora (born 13 December 1972) is a former Costa Rican professional footballer who played in the two positions of midfielder and defender. He represented Costa Rica at two FIFA World Cups.

Club career

Solís began his professional career with Herediano, making his debut with the club on 5 November 1990 against Limonense.<ref>Carrera de Mauricio: Me podría publicar un breve recorrido de la carrera del futbolista Mauricio Solís? (Bio) – Nación Template:In lang</ref> He would remain with Herediano until 1996, winning the last Costa Rican championship Herediano won in the 1992–93 season.

Years abroad

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 Comunicaciones<ref>Guatemala, ¿un espejismo? – Nación Template:In lang</ref> of Guatemala for a year. Solís then moved to Major League Soccer, where he played parts of the 1999 and 2000 seasons for the San Jose Clash<ref>Mauricio Solís jugará en San José Clash de EE.UU. – Nación Template:In lang</ref> (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 Alajuelense.<ref>Solís firmó con la Liga – Nación Template:In lang</ref> 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<ref>Solis signs for OFI Crete – BBC</ref> to join fellow Tico Rónald Gómez.<ref>En busca del OIimpo•Cuatro ticos sueñan con triunfar en la liga griega de futbol, que empieza mañana – Nación Template:In lang</ref> After a year with them, Solís again returned to America, playing the 2003–04 season in Mexico for Irapuato,<ref>Rónald Gómez y Mauricio Solís firmaron con Irapuato – Nación Template:In lang</ref> after being brought to the team by former coach Alexandre Guimarães, then rejoined Alajuelense<ref>Mauricio Solís firma por dos años con Alajuelense – Nación Template:In lang</ref> and in summer 2005 returned to Comunicaciones to play alongside compatriots Rolando Fonseca, Ricardo González and Jhonny Cubero.<ref>Invasión de futbolistas ticos en Guatemala – Nación Template:In lang</ref>

Herediano return

In 2007, he transferred to Maccabi Netanya but his contract was terminated after preseason for certain complications so he came back to Costa Rica and decide to sign up for the teams he started his career Herediano.<ref>Presentados en Herediano Solís y Roper llevan experiencia al Team – Nación Template:In lang</ref> In March 2010 he became the 7th player to reach 300 matches for Los Florenses.<ref>Mauricio Solís sumará 300 partidos con el Herediano Template:Webarchive – UNAFUT Template:In lang</ref>

In April 2010, shortly after Herediano finish its participation in Costa Rican 2010 summer Championship, he announced his retirement from football.<ref>Mauricio Solís se retira – Al Día Template:In lang</ref> However, he reversed that decision when he joined Ricardo González and coach Paulo Wanchope at ambitious second division side Uruguay de Coronado in February 2011.<ref>Segunda División Uruguay de Coronado reúne varios veteranos en sus filas Template:Webarchive – Nación Template:In lang</ref> He retired 5 months later.<ref>Mauricio Solís va de salida – Al Día Template:In lang</ref>

International career

Solís made his debut for Costa Rica in a September 1993 friendly match against Saudi Arabia and earned a total of 110 caps, scoring 6 goals.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He represented his country in 30 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at both the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.<ref name=FIFA>Template:FIFA player</ref> He also played at the 1995,<ref>UNCAF Tournament 1995 Template:Webarchive - RSSSF</ref> 1999<ref>UNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF</ref> and 2001 UNCAF Nations Cups<ref>Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2001 - Details Template:Webarchive - RSSSF</ref> as well as at the 2002<ref>CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details Template:Webarchive - RSSSF</ref> and 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cups.<ref>CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details Template:Webarchive - RSSSF</ref> He also played at the 1997<ref>Copa América 1997Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore - RSSSF</ref> and 2001 Copa América.<ref>Copa América 2001 Template:Webarchive - RSSSF</ref>

Solís was the second Costa Rican behind Luis Marín to reach 100 caps in June 2005 against Guatemala.<ref>Costa Rica 3 - Guatemala 2: Solís se lució en su juego 100 – Nación Template:In lang</ref>

His final international was a June 2006 FIFA World Cup match against Poland.

Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="NFT">Template:Cite web</ref>

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Costa Rica	1993	2	0
	1994	3	0
	1995	8	0
	1996	16	0
	1997	12	2
	1999	9	2
	2000	5	0
	2001	18	1
	2002	12	0
	2003	8	0
	2004	5	0
	2005	7	1
	2006	5	0
Total		110	6

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Solís goal.

List of international goals scored by Mauricio Solís

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Template:Abbr
1	Template:Dts	Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia, Costa Rica	Template:Fb	2-1	5-2	Friendly	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2	Template:Dts	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica	Template:Fb	2-1	3-2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3	Template:Dts	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica	Template:Fb	1-0	9-0	Friendly	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4				2-0
5	Template:Dts	Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Template:Fb	3-2	3-2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
6	Template:Dts	Helong Sports Center Stadium, Changsha, China	Template:Fb	1-1	2-2	Friendly	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Retirement

Solís quit Herediano and football in April 2010.<ref>Se prepara para el torneo de Invierno Herediano comienza sus movimientos de planilla Template:Webarchive – Nación Template:In lang</ref> After retiring, Solis owned a bar-restaurant in Heredia.<ref name=Nacion/>

In January he was named manager of Herediano,<ref>Mauricio Solís es el nuevo técnico del Club Sport Herediano – Al Día Template:In lang</ref> only to be dismissed a month later.<ref>Mauricio Solís ya no es técnico del Herediano – Al Día Template:In lang</ref>

Personal life

Born and raised in Los Ángeles de Santo Domingo de Heredia, Solís is a son of Rodrigo Solís and María de los Ángeles Mora and is married to Katia Moreira Chaverri<ref>La futura de Mauricio – Nación Template:In lang</ref> and has three children.<ref name=Nacion>Mauricio Solís se dedicará a restaurante y proyectos personales Mauricio Solís: “Mi herencia fue cambiar el estilo del contención” Template:Webarchive – Nación Template:In lang</ref>

Honours

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

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

External links

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• 2002 World Cup profile