Ramón Soria Alonso (born 7 March 1989) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a defender.

Club career

Early career

Soria spent five seasons developing with

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, which included one year with their reserve team for the 2008-2009 season. Soria would then join

RCD Mallorca B RCD Mallorca B, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1967, it is the reserve team of RCD Mallorca and currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 3, holding home matches at '' Estad ...

from 2009 to 2011 where he also served as captain. Over the next three seasons Soria would play for three different Spanish clubs -

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

, FC Jove Español and

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, before spending a short time in Norway with

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Ottawa Fury

Soria signed with NASL club

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as their first defender in the club's history on December 13, 2013.

Celje

In February 2016, Soria signed with

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club

NK Celje Nogometni klub Celje ( en, Celje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Celje or simply Celje (), is an association football club from Celje, Slovenia. They play in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Together with Maribor, they are the only club that h ...

Puerto Rico FC

In March 2016, Soria signed for NASL expansion side

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Formentera

On 30 January 2018, Soria returned to Spain to sign with Segunda B side

SD Formentera Sociedad Deportiva Formentera is a football team based in Sant Francesc Xavier, Formentera in the Balearic Islands. The team plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3. The club's home ground is the Estadi Municipal, which has a capacity of 500 ...

until the end of the season. He made 15 league appearances for Formentera and scored one goal.

FC Edmonton

On 31 January 2019, Soria signed with

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side

FC Edmonton FC Edmonton was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club was founded in 2010 and competed in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 2011 to 2017. The club went on hiatus when NASL ceased competitive operat ...

. On February 9, 2022, the club announced that Soria and all but two other players would not be returning for the 2022 season.

International career

Soria has represented Spain at the U16, and U17 levels, including at the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in

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where Spain finished third.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soria, Ramon 1989 births Living people Men's association football defenders Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Alicante Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Puerto Rico Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Puerto Rico Villarreal CF players RCD Mallorca B players Albacete Balompié players Ottawa Fury FC players NK Celje players Puerto Rico FC players FC Edmonton players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Norwegian Second Division players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Canadian Premier League players Spain men's youth international footballers SD Formentera players