| Sebastián Soria | |
| Fullname: | Andrés Sebastián Soria Quintana |
| Birth Date: | 1983 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Paysandú, Uruguay |
| Position: | Striker |
| Currentclub: | Qatar SC |
| Clubnumber: | 23 |
| Youthyears1: | –2002 |
| Youthclubs1: | Centenario |
| Years1: | 2002 |
| Years2: | 2002–2004 |
| Years3: | 2004–2005 |
| Years4: | 2005–2012 |
| Years5: | 2012–2015 |
| Years6: | 2015–2020 |
| Years7: | 2020–2021 |
| Years8: | 2021– |
| Clubs1: | Centenario |
| Clubs2: | Liverpool Montevideo |
| Clubs3: | Al-Gharafa |
| Clubs4: | Qatar SC |
| Clubs5: | Lekhwiya |
| Clubs6: | Al-Rayyan |
| Clubs7: | Al-Arabi |
| Clubs8: | Qatar SC |
| Caps1: | 9 |
| Caps2: | 50 |
| Caps3: | 26 |
| Caps4: | 152 |
| Caps5: | 64 |
| Caps6: | 104 |
| Caps7: | 19 |
| Caps8: | 55 |
| Goals1: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 14 |
| Goals4: | 104 |
| Goals5: | 42 |
| Goals6: | 35 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Goals8: | 12 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2006 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2007–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Qatar U23 |
| Nationalteam2: | Qatar |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 6 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 123 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 39 |
| Club-Update: | 10 August 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 28 March 2017 |
Andrés Sebastián Soria Quintana (pronounced as /es/; Arabic: أندريس سيبستيان سوريا كوينتانا; born 8 November 1983) commonly known as Sebastián Soria, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar SC. Born in Uruguay, he has represented the Qatar national team since 2007. He was shortlisted for the Asian Footballer of the Year award in 2008. He currently holds the record for the fastest goal scored in AFC Champions League history at 9 seconds – a record which was set in 2013 when he was playing for Lekhwiya SC.[1]
As a youngster, Soria had an unsuccessful trial at Uruguayan club Defensor Sporting in Montevideo.
Soria continued playing in the minor leagues and a new chance soon emerged. In 2001, a cyclist, who had watched Soria playing in the minor leagues and was impressed by his talents, brought him to the attention of a football agent he knew, and Soria was sent to Montevideo to play in Liverpool Montevideo, where he played under coach Julio Ribas. He was sent to the reserve team for a brief while before making it back on the first team. He eventually proved his value and ended up playing the rest of the 2003 season on the first team.
In mid-2004, Soria got an offer from Frenchman Bruno Metsu to play for Al-Gharafa in Qatar. He arrived in Qatar in 2004 and was naturalized in 2006.[2]
Soria joined Al Gharafa in 2004 under the supervision of Bruno Metsu. It was the first time he had played outside of Uruguay. He won the 2004–05 Qatar Stars League with Al Gharafa.
Soria transferred to Qatar SC from league winners Al Gharafa in 2005. He won the Qatar Crown Prince Cup with the club in 2009. He attracted interest from Europe, with Italian team Udinese and Spanish capital sides Getafe and Atletico Madrid scouting him. However, he chose to extend his contract with Qatar SC in 2010.[3]
When AC Milan came to visit Doha in March 2009, in a farewell match for Jafal Rashed Al-Kuwari, Soria guested for Al Sadd. "They invited me to play for Al Sadd, so of course I said yes. I like to play against the strong defenders," Soria said after his scuffles with Milan defender Philippe Senderos. After being substituted, Soria was swarmed by local fans and patiently signed autographs for approximately 15 minutes.[2]
After transferring to Qatari champions Lekhwiya, Soria had the opportunity to play in the 2013 AFC Champions League. He scored 4 goals in Lekhwiya's first four group stage games, including one of the fastest goals in any Asian competition after 9 seconds against Pakhtakor on 9 April 2013.[4] It is the fastest goal ever scored in Asia's premier continental club competition during the AFC Champions League format.[5]
Soria joined Al-Rayyan SC on a one-year deal in 2015.[6]
Soria was born and raised in Paysandú, but moved to Qatar early in his footballing career and became a naturalized citizen. He won a gold medal in the 2006 Asian Games for the Qatar U-23 team. The official Qatar SC website has him listed as being born in 1984. In addition, QFA's website lists his actual date of birth as 1983.[7]
Soria saved the Qatari national team by scoring in the last 20 minutes, which helped tie the score. This happened in the AFC 2007 in both their games, one against Japan, and the other just recently against Vietnam. He also scored the leading goal against the United Arab Emirates. He is the only Qatari player to score on the 2007 Asian Cup. He scored three goals.
Soria scored a goal against eventual winners Japan in the 2011 Asian Cup quarterfinals but the homeside were silenced after a late goal from Inoha put Japan in the lead to win by a 3–2 victory. However, he was not included in Djamel Belmadi's squad for 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
| Club | Season | League | Emir Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2002 | Campeonato de Clubes del Interior | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Liverpool | 2002 | Uruguayan Primera División | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | ||||
| 2003 | 26 | 3 | – | – | – | 26 | 3 | ||||||
| 2004 | 16 | 5 | – | – | – | 16 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 50 | 11 | – | – | – | 50 | 11 | ||||||
| 2004–05 | QSL | 26 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | ||
| Qatar SC | 2005–06 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 23 | ||
| 2006–07 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 2007–08 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 19 | |||
| 2008–09 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 20 | |||
| 2009–10 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 24 | |||
| 2010–11 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | |||
| 2011–12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 | |||
| Total | 152 | 104 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 192 | 128 | |||
| 2012–13 | QSL | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 25 | ||
| 2013–14 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | |||
| 2014–15 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 15 | |||
| Total | 64 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 91 | 56 | |||
| 2015–16 | QSL | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 28 | 11 | |||
| 2016–17 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 7 | |||
| 2017–18 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | |||
| 2018–19 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 13 | |||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 1 | 21 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 104 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 145 | 49 | |||
| 2020–21 | QSL | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | 27 | 4 | |||
| Qatar SC | 2021–22 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | |||
| 2022–23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | 2 | 28 | 6 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 12 | 6 | 0 | – | 15 | 5 | 76 | 17 | ||||
| Career total | 491 | 229 | 34 | 14 | 44 | 15 | 65! | 33 | 621 | 291 | |||
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| Competition | Appearances | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 0 | ||
| FIFA World Cup qualifiers | 38 | 10 | |
| 57 (6) | 23 (4) | ||
| Total | 123 | 39 |
International goals
Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.[9]
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 24 November 2006 | Doha, Qatar | China Team XI | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 2–0 | Unofficial friendly | |
| – | 24 November 2006 | Doha, Qatar | China Team XI | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 2–0 | Unofficial friendly | |
| – | 19 June 2007 | Ascheim | Ghana U-21 | align=center | 3–1 | align=center | 3–1 | Unofficial friendly | |
| 1. | 9 July 2007 | align=center | 1–1 | align=center | 1–1 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup | |||
| 2. | 12 July 2007 | Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam | align=center | 1–1 | align=center | 1–1 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup | ||
| 3. | 16 July 2007 | Quân khu 7 Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–2 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup | ||
| 4. | 16 October 2007 | align=center | 2–1 | align=center | 3–2 | Friendly | |||
| 5. | 21 October 2007 | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 6. | 28 October 2007 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 7. | align=center | 4–0 | |||||||
| 8. | 4 March 2008 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–2 | Friendly | ||
| 9. | 16 March 2008 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 2–1 | Friendly | ||
| 10. | 23 May 2008 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–1 | align=center | 1–1 | Friendly | ||
| 11. | 27 May 2008 | Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | |||
| 12. | align=center | 2–1 | |||||||
| 13. | 7 June 2008 | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 14. | 20 August 2008 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 5–0 | Friendly | ||
| 15. | 10 September 2008 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| – | 30 December 2008 | Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 2–1 | align=center | 5–2 | Unofficial friendly | ||
| 16. | 21 March 2009 | align=center | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | ||||
| 17. | align=center | 2–0 | |||||||
| 18. | 8 October 2009 | align=center | 2–2 | align=center | 2–3 | Friendly | |||
| 19. | 16 December 2010 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 2–1 | Friendly | ||
| 20. | 22 December 2010 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 2–0 | Friendly | ||
| 21. | 21 January 2011 | Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 2–3 | 2011 AFC Asian Cup | ||
| 22. | 11 November 2011 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 4–0 | align=center | 4–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 23. | 3 June 2012 | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 24. | 6 September 2012 | align=center | 1–2 | align=center | 1–2 | Friendly | |||
| 25. | 7 November 2012 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 2–1 | friendly | ||
| 26. | 14 November 2012 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 27. | 9 September 2013 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–1 | align=center | 1–1 | Friendly | ||
| 28. | 13 October 2013 | Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 6–0 | align=center | 6–0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification | ||
| 29. | 15 November 2013 | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 4–1 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |||
| 30. | 6 October 2014 | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 3–0 | Friendly | ||
| 31. | 24 March 2016 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 2–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 32. | 18 August 2016 | align=center | 1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly | ||||
| 33. | align=center | 2–1 | |||||||
| 34. | align=center | 3–2 | |||||||
| 35. | 29 September 2016 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |||
| 36. | align=center | 2–0 | |||||||
| 37. | align=center | 3–0 | |||||||
| 38. | 6 October 2016 | align=center | 2–1 | align=center | 2–3 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 39. | 17 January 2017 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–1 | Friendly |
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