Sebastián Soria

Club

As of match played 27 September 2025

International

As of 14 October 2025.

Notes: Values between brackets refer to matches/goals which are not considered full A-internationals. International goals

Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.

Early career

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.

Al Gharafa

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.

Qatar SC

Soria transferred to Qatar SC from league winners Al Gharafa in 2005. In 2006, he won the Qatar Stars League's inaugural "Best Player of the Year" award. He won the Qatar Crown Prince Cup with Qatar SC in 2009. He attracted interest from Europe, with Italian team Udinese and Spanish capital sides Getafe and Atlético Madrid scouting him. However, he chose to extend his contract with Qatar SC in 2010. When AC Milan came to visit Doha in March 2009, in a farewell match…

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. 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 against Vietnam. He also scored the leading goal against the United Arab Emirates. He is the only Qatari player to score in the 2007 Asian Cup. He scored three goals. Soria scored a goal against eventual winners Japan in the 2011 Asian Cup quarterfinals, but the home side were silenced after a late goal from Inoha put Japan in the lead to win by a 3–2 margin. However, he was not included in Djamel Belmadi's squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. In October 2025, eight years after his last appearance for Qatar, coach Julen Lopetegui called up Soria to prepare for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification games against Oman and United Arab Emirates. He came in as a late substitute against United Arab Emirates as Qatar won 2–1 and qualified for the 2026 World Cup. On 12 May 2026, Soria was named to Qatar's 34-man preliminary squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. However, he was excluded from the 26-man squad for the tournament.

Club

Al Gharafa

Qatar Stars League: 2004–05 Sheikh Jassem Cup: 2005 Qatar SC

Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2009 Lekhwiya

Qatar Stars League: 2013–14, 2014–15 Qatar Cup: 2013, 2015 Al Rayyan

Qatar Stars League: 2015–16

Individual

QFA Player of the Season: 2005–06 Asian Footballer of the Year nominee: 2008 Qatar Stars League Top Scorer: 2012–13