Jorge Alberto Solís
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jorge Alberto Solís López | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1935 | ||
Place of birth | Honduras | ||
Date of death | 31 May 1997 | (aged 62)||
Place of death | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | ||
Position(s) | Leftback | ||
Youth career | |||
Argentina | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1953–1955 | Federal | ||
1955–1965 | Olimpia | ||
1965–1966 | Platense | ||
1969–1972 | Motagua | ||
International career | |||
1960–1965 | Honduras | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jorge Alberto Solís López (1 January 1935 — 31 May 1997) was a Honduran football defender.
Club career
[edit]Nicknamed Furia,[1] (Spanish for "Fury") Solís played for Honduran giants Olimpia in the Honduran National League during the 1950s and 1960s. He played in the 1961 Championship of Central America and the Caribbean.[2] He was also part of Platense's squad when they became the first Honduran League champions in 1966.[3]
International career
[edit]The left-sided Solís had represented his country in 8 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4]
Retirement and death
[edit]After his football career, Solís was manager of the National Commission for Sports Facilities and Improvement. He died, aged 62, of cardiac arrest in 1997.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Historia Eliminatoria Chile 1962 Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine - Honduras Fútbol
- ^ Buzón de Rodrigo - Nacion (in Spanish)
- ^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ Jorge Alberto Solís – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Murió "Furia" Solís, exdefensa del Olimpia - Nacion (in Spanish)
External links
[edit]- Picture of Solís - El Heraldo
Categories:
- 1935 births
- 1997 deaths
- Men's association football defenders
- Honduran men's footballers
- 21st-century Honduran sportsmen
- Honduras men's international footballers
- C.D. Federal players
- C.D. Olimpia players
- Platense F.C. players
- F.C. Motagua players
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
- Footballers from Tegucigalpa
- Honduran football biography stubs