Mauricio Ronald Soria Portillo (born June 1, 1966 in Cochabamba

Cochabamba

Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the fourth largest city in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people...

) is a Bolivian football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 coach and former goalkeeper of the Bolivian national football team and national clubs Jorge Wilstermann

Jorge Wilstermann

Jorge Wilstermann was Bolivia's first commercial aviator.When Wilstermann died, his friend and the then boss of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Wálter Lemm, requested that the name of the local airport in Cochabamba and the local football team's name be changed to Jorge Wilstermann in his honour.-See...

, Destroyers

Club Destroyers

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, The Strongest

The Strongest

The Strongest is a Bolivian football club based in La Paz founded on April 8, 1908. Their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, the Rafael Mendoza Castellón , they play most of their games at the Estadio Hernando Siles, Bolivia's national ground...

, Bolívar

Club Bolívar

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 and Aurora

Club Aurora

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Between 1995 and 2002, Soria capped for the Bolivian national team

Bolivia national football team

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 in 23 games.

He is currently coaching first division team The Strongest

The Strongest

The Strongest is a Bolivian football club based in La Paz founded on April 8, 1908. Their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, the Rafael Mendoza Castellón , they play most of their games at the Estadio Hernando Siles, Bolivia's national ground...

. His debut as a manager occurred in July 2006, and it could not be any better as Wilstermann won the 2006 league championship on December 3 of that year under his lead.