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Mauricio Soria
Personal information
Full name	Mauricio Ronald Soria Porillo
Date of birth	1 June 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Cochabamba, Bolivia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Blooming (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1987	Aurora
1987–1988	The Strongest
1989	Always Ready
1990	Destroyers
1991	Oriente Petrolero
1992–1993	Destroyers
1994–1996	Bolívar
1997–2002	Wilstermann
2002–2004	The Strongest
2005	Aurora
International career
1990–2003	Bolivia
Managerial career
2006–2007	Wilstermann
2007–2008	Real Potosí
2011–2012	The Strongest
2012	Wilstermann
2013	Real Potosí
2013–2014	Blooming
2014	Bolivia (interim)
2015	Bolivia
2016	The Strongest
2016	Blooming
2016–2018	Bolivia
2019	Oriente Petrolero
2019–2020	The Strongest
2021	Wilstermann
2022–2023	Guabirá
2023–2024	Aurora
2025–	Blooming
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mauricio Ronald Soria Portillo (born 1 June 1966)^[1] is a Bolivian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of Blooming.

Playing career

Soria was born in Cochabamba. At club level, he played for Wilstermann, Destroyers, The Strongest, Bolívar and Aurora in his country.

Between 1990 and 2002, Soria capped for the Bolivia national team in 23 games. He was part of the squad in Copa America 1991, Copa America 1995 and Copa America 1997 when Bolivia finished as runners-up.

Managerial career

His debut as a manager occurred in July 2006, and it could not have been any better as Wilstermann won the 2006 Segundo Torneo league championship on December 3 of that year under his lead. During 2007 while managing Real Potosí, Soria won his second league title as he secured the 2007-Apertura for the lilas. He also had a short spell with the Bolivia national team as the manager participating in Copa America 2015 held in Chile. He was waived by the Bolivian Football Federation at the conclusion of the tournament and appointed Julio César Baldivieso in his place.