Carlos Solano
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Solano Fernández | ||
| Place of birth | Turrialba, Costa Rica | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1969 | Turrialba | ||
| 1970– | Saprissa | ||
| Cartaginés | |||
| 1980 | Real España | ||
| Olimpia | |||
| Suchitepéquez | |||
| 1986–1987 | Ramonense | ||
| 1987 | Sagrada Familia | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Costa Rica | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 June 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 June 2006 | |||
Carlos Solano Fernández (born 1950 or 1951) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer. He played most of his career for Deportivo Saprissa.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Solano helped Saprissa win several national titles during the 1970s, becoming one of the best goal scorers of the mythical Saprissa team that won six national championships in a row from 1972 to 1977, and was the top scorer in the 1976 national tournament,[1] scoring a total of 49 goals during those six seasons.[2] He is one of few players who scored 5 goals in one Costa Rica Primera División match.[3]
He also played abroad in Honduras, winning another league title, and Guatemala before returning home to finish his career as player/manager of Sagrada Familia.[3]
International career
[edit | edit source]He played with the Costa Rica national football team during the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification.[4] He also represented Costa Rica at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico.[5]
Retirement
[edit | edit source]After retiring, Solano ran a sports shop in Siquirres.[3] He appeared in the 2017 film La paisana Jacinta en búsqueda de Wasaberto.[citation needed]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Goleo tico desde 1949 - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c El gol tiene sello de la campiña Figuras del ayer: Carlos Solano Fernández (Short bio) - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Carlos Solano – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ^ Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) - Match Details
- Living people
- Footballers from Cartago Province
- Men's association football forwards
- Costa Rican men's footballers
- Costa Rica men's international footballers
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- C.S. Cartaginés players
- Real C.D. España players
- C.D. Olimpia players
- CSD Suchitepéquez players
- A.D. Ramonense players
- Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Honduras
- Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala
- Footballers at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games footballers for Costa Rica
- Costa Rican football biography stubs