{{short description|Costa Rican footballer (1953-2000)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gerardo Solano | fullname = Luis Gerardo Solano Chavarría | birth_date = 24 December 1953 | birth_place = San José, Costa Rica | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|1|12|1953|12|24}} | death_place = Santa Cruz, Costa Rica | height = | currentclub = | position = Striker/Winger | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Colegio Saint Francis | youthyears2 = 1971–1972 | youthclubs2 = Saprissa | years1 = 1972–1979 | years2 = 1980 | clubs1 = Saprissa | clubs2 = Herediano | caps1 = 227 | caps2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | nationalyears1 = 1975–1980 | nationalteam1 = Costa Rica | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Luis Gerardo Solano Chavarría''' (24 December 1953, in San José – 12 January 2000<ref name="UNAFUT">{{cite web|publisher=UNAFUT |title=Figuras del ayer: Gerardo Solano |url=http://www.unafut.com/index.asp?n=1834 |date=2008-08-12 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>) was a Costa Rican professional footballer who played most of his career for Deportivo Saprissa and Herediano in the 1970s.
==Club career== Solano was a member of the Saprissa squad that won six consecutive championships from 1972 to 1977,<ref name="UNAFUT" /> a record both in Costa Rica as well as in the Americas. He was the team's goalscorer with 57 in this period.<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2008/enero/20/deportes1390967.html Saprissa, campeón de 1972 a 1977 30 años de la hazaña de las seis coronas] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref> He was the club's joint-leading scorer with eleven goals in 1973<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Nacion.com|title=Buzón de Rodrigo|url=http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2006/octubre/09/deportes853927.html|accessdate=2008-11-10|archive-date=2007-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024141023/http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2006/octubre/09/deportes853927.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and he played the most games for Saprissa in the 1970s.<ref>[http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319:tras-los-pasos-de-coronado&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49 Tras los pasos de Coronado] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209064739/http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319:tras-los-pasos-de-coronado&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49 |date=2014-12-09 }} - UNAFUT {{in lang|es}}</ref> He played in 79 international club games.<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/agosto/21/deportes2065567.html Zaguero aumenta su historia en el Saprissa] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref>
Solano also won three titles with Herediano.
==International career== Solano appeared in 9 matches for the full Costa Rica national football team from 1975 to 1980.<ref name="UNAFUT" />
==Death== Solano died of a heart attack while running in the city centre of Santa Cruz on 12 January 2000.<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2000/enero/13/deportes1.html Luto en Saprissa (Mourning at Saprissa)] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref>
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