Sebastián Soria

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Andrés Sebastián Soria Quintana, known as Sebastián Soria (Arabic: سباستيان سوريا‎, born November 8, 1983 in Paysandú, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan - Qatari footballer.

He played for Qatar U-23 team, as in 2006 Asian Games, but some sources claim that he was actually born in 1980, but listed in Asian Games site as 1988. The official Qatar SC website has him listed as being 22 years old (likely born in 1984).^[1]

Soria recently saved the Qatar 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, but the game ended in a 1-2 loss, which made both teams fall out. He is the only Qatari player to score on the 2007 Asian Cup, He scored 3 goals.

He was nominated as the player of the season 2005-06 by QFA (Qatar football Association).

[edit] National team career statistics

[edit] Goals for Senior National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
	July 9, 2007	Hanoi, Vietnam	Japan	1-1	Draw	2007 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
	July 12, 2007	Hanoi, Vietnam	Vietnam	1-1	Draw	2007 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
	July 16, 2007	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	United Arab Emirates	1-2	Lost	2007 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
	October 16, 2007	Doha, Qatar	Iraq	3-2	Won	Friendly
	October 21, 2007	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1-0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
	October 28, 2007	Doha, Qatar	Sri Lanka	5-0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
	October 28, 2007	Doha, Qatar	Sri Lanka	5-0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
	March 4, 2008	Doha, Qatar	Bahrain	1-2	Lost	Friendly
	March 16, 2008	Doha, Qatar	Jordan	2-1	Won	Friendly
	May 23, 2008	Doha, Qatar	Kuwait	1-1	Draw	Friendly
	May 27, 2008	Doha, Qatar	Lebanon	2-1	Won	Friendly
	May 27, 2008	Doha, Qatar	Lebanon	2-1	Won	Friendly
	June 7, 2008	Tianjin, China	China PR	1-0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
	August 20, 2008	Doha, Qatar	Tajikistan	5-0	Won	Friendly
	September 10, 2008	Doha, Qatar	Bahrain	1-1	Draw	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
	December 30, 2008	Doha, Qatar	Libya	5-2	Won	Friendly
	March 21, 2009	Aleppo, Syria	Syria	0-2	Won	Friendly
	March 21, 2009	Aleppo, Syria	Syria	0-2	Won	Friendly
	October 8, 2009	Rijeka, Croatia	Croatia	2-3	Lost	Friendly

He earned his first international match against Uzbekistan in Tashkent (15/11/2006)

[edit] See also

• List of Asian footballers with foreign heritage

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Al Jazeera English Interview: Sebastian Soria
• Sebastián Soria FIFA competition record

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