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{{short description|Spanish footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Soler|Atencia|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Paco Soler
| image =
| fullname = Francisco Manuel Soler Atencia
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|3|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Palma de Mallorca|Palma]], Spain
| height = {{height|m=1.69}}
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = CIDE Mallorca
| years1 = 1988–1991 | clubs1 = [[RCD Mallorca B|Mallorca B]] | caps1 = 69 | goals1 = 9
| years2 = 1991–2004 | clubs2 = [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]] | caps2 = 339 | goals2 = 19
| totalcaps = 408 | totalgoals = 28
| nationalyears1 = 1991–1992 | nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-23 football team|Spain U23]] | nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2007 | managerclubs1 = [[S.C. Beira-Mar|Beira-Mar]]
| manageryears2 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs2 = [[CD Atlético Baleares|Atlético Baleares]]
| manageryears3 = 2013 | managerclubs3 = [[CD Atlético Baleares|Atlético Baleares]]
}}
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{{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]|[[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}
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'''Francisco Manuel''' "'''Paco'''" '''Soler Atencia''' (born 5 March 1970) is a Spanish former [[Association football|football]] [[Midfielder#Central midfielder|central midfielder]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]].

He only played with [[RCD Mallorca|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. He subsequently became a coach.

==Club career==
A hard-nosed player, Soler was born in [[Palma de Mallorca]], [[Balearic Islands]], and spent his entire career with local club [[RCD Mallorca]]. He made his first-team debut in the [[1990–91 La Liga|1990–91 season]], and went on to make 419 competitive appearances for them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://okdiario.com/baleares/raillo-entra-historia-del-mallorca-lo-bueno-lo-malo-12404563|title=Raíllo entra en la historia del Mallorca por lo bueno… y por lo malo|trans-title=Raíllo makes Mallorca history books for good reasons… and bad ones|newspaper=[[Okdiario]]|first=Tomeu|last=Maura|language=Spanish|date=21 February 2024|accessdate=7 March 2024}}</ref>

In [[1996–97 Segunda División|1996–97]], Soler was instrumental in helping Mallorca return to [[La Liga]], and also appeared regularly [[1997–98 La Liga|the following campaign]] as the team finished fifth. He was named on the [[Substitute (association football)|substitutes bench]] for [[1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final|the final]] of the [[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]].<ref name=CWC>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1999/05/20/deportes/927151201_850215.html|title=El Mallorca pierde con orgullo|trans-title=Mallorca lose proudly|newspaper=[[El País]]|first=Santiago|last=Segurola|language=Spanish|date=20 May 1999|accessdate=28 January 2016}}</ref>

In his final two years, however, Soler played almost no part in the side's lineups, and retired after [[2003–04 La Liga|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, Portugal|Aveiro]] team [[2006–07 Primeira Liga|avoid relegation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveiro.co.pt/noticia.aspx?id=68478&notic=Beira-Mar:%20Carvalhal%20despedido%20para%20dar%20lugar%20a%20Paco%20Soler|title=Beira-Mar: Carvalhal despedido para dar lugar a Paco Soler|trans-title=Beira-Mar: Carvalhal sacked to make way for Paco Soler|publisher=Portal d'Aveiro|first=Rui|last=Cunha|language=Portuguese|date=9 January 2007|accessdate=9 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630043729/http://www.aveiro.co.pt/noticia.aspx?id=68478&notic=Beira-Mar:%20Carvalhal%20despedido%20para%20dar%20lugar%20a%20Paco%20Soler|archive-date=30 June 2017}}</ref>

In February 2009, Soler returned to his native region, replacing former [[Spain national football team|Spanish]] international [[Francisco (footballer, born 1962)|Francisco]] at the helm of lowly [[CD Atlético Baleares]] and [[2008–09 Segunda División B|suffering another relegation]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/deportes/2009/04/27/deportes-baleares-firma-descenso/458151.html|title=El Baleares firma su descenso|trans-title=Baleares sign their relegation|newspaper=[[Diario de Mallorca]]|language=Spanish|date=27 April 2009|accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref> Four years later, he left his post as [[director of football]] and again became their manager.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ultimahora.es/deportes/deporte-balear/2013/02/19/92611/pep-sanso-dimite-como-tecnico-del-balears.html|title=Pep Sansó dimite como técnico del Balears|trans-title=Pep Sansó resigns as Balears manager|newspaper=[[Última Hora (Spain)|Última Hora]]|first=Carlos|last=Montes de Oca|language=Spanish|date=19 February 2013|accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref>

==International career==
Soler was part of [[Spain national under-23 football team|the Spain squad]] that [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|won the gold medal]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]], appearing in four matches for a total of 277 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.antena3.com/el-blog-de-miss-forty/roja-1992-nuestra-medalla-oro-olimpica_2012070300083.html|title=La Roja de 1992, nuestra medalla de oro Olímpica|trans-title=1992's ''La Roja'', our Olympic gold medal|publisher=[[Antena 3 (Spain)|Antena 3]]|language=Spanish|date=3 July 2012|accessdate=13 July 2017}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Mallorca'''
*[[Copa del Rey]]: [[2002–03 Copa del Rey|2002–03]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2003/06/29/deportes/1056837603_850215.html|title=Eto'o pone Mallorca a brindar|trans-title=Eto'o has Mallorca toasting|newspaper=El País|first=José|last=Miguelez|language=Spanish|date=29 June 2003|accessdate=7 March 2024}}</ref> runner-up: [[1997–98 Copa del Rey|1997–98]]
*[[Supercopa de España]]: [[1998 Supercopa de España|1998]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/se-cumplen-25-anos-del-primer-titulo-en-la-historia-del-rcd-mallorca-n/|title=Se cumplen 25 años del primer título en la historia del RCD {{sic|nolink=y|mallorca}}|trans-title=25th anniversary of the first title in RCD Mallorca's history|newspaper=[[Diario AS]]|first=Gabriel|last=Forteza|language=Spanish|date=22 August 2023|accessdate=7 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] runner-up: [[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1998–99]]<ref name=CWC/>

'''Spain U23'''
*[[Summer Olympic Games]]: [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/Supervivientes/oro/elpepidep/20070225elpepidep_5/Tes/|title=Supervivientes de oro|trans-title=Golden survivors|newspaper=El País|first=Juan|last=Morenilla|language=Spanish|date=25 February 2007|accessdate=24 May 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of one-club men in association football|List of one-club men]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{BDFutbol|835}}
*{{BDFutbol manager|835}}
*{{FIFA player|199493}}

{{Spain squad 1992 Summer Olympics}}
{{S.C. Beira-Mar managers}}
{{CD Atlético Baleares managers}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Spanish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Palma de Mallorca]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:La Liga players]]
[[Category:Segunda División players]]
[[Category:Segunda División B players]]
[[Category:Tercera División players]]
[[Category:RCD Mallorca B players]]
[[Category:RCD Mallorca players]]
[[Category:Spain men's under-23 international footballers]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Spain]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in football]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Spain]]
[[Category:Spanish football managers]]
[[Category:Segunda División B managers]]
[[Category:CD Atlético Baleares managers]]
[[Category:Primeira Liga managers]]
[[Category:S.C. Beira-Mar managers]]
[[Category:Spanish expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Portugal]]
[[Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal]]

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